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Re:You're in a Cult by friend_and_foe on Monday November 21, 2022 @12:41AM (#33689221)
I think the idea is to craft a cult sales pitch framed as a support system for cult members that want to leave. The premise of the article is, of course, that we are all in some type of cult.
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Re:You're in a Cult by msla on Monday November 21, 2022 @01:28AM (#33689504)
> The premise of the article is, of course, that we are all in some type of cult.

Which is precisely what a cult leader would want their victims to think: "Nobody is free, so stay in the group!"

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Re:You're in a Cult by Kamq on Monday November 21, 2022 @02:13AM (#33689745)
No, a cult leader would say that nobody outside the group is free. Only the group is free, and the freedom comes from the cult-leader in some way (flavor that last part to the kind of cult).
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