This is my take also, that society itself is a cult. They promise a theoretical "afterlife" of retirement after the age of 70, but until then we must "suffer" and work hard, usually to benefit someone else higher up the chain. They make you depend solely on others for your every need (food, housing, healthcare, etc.), making it extremely difficult to leave. But leave to where? There is no "outside" of this cult, other than the hell of homelessness.
The only real way out, it seems, is to create another cult with more humane values. Or go it alone, or with a small group of friends.
Re:You're in a Cult
by mistermann on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:35AM
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> The only real way out, it seems, is to create another cult with more humane values. Or go it alone, or with a small group of friends.
Bad news, one institution has monopoly rights on that role: Democracy. And if you have a problem with Democracy, you probably have unwittingly become a member of a cult (far right, likely) and indoctrinated into believing conspiracy theories.
Now: back to work, citizen.
So it's funny x 2