I have concluded that it is pointless, in a way, to keep identifying cults, and cult leaders...
There is a wealth of data on this site, which can enable participants to identify recurrent 'technologies'.
Yes, they, the so-called leaders are all psychopaths, really despicable people, but, we can stop being dupes.
What are the odds that even psychopaths, and their minions, devise the same damn 'technologies' cult to cult, e.g. violent pornography as de-sensitization technique, or the clitoral-stroking technology.
This stuff is weird, if you will excuse my saying so, and that it splays out across cultic ventures, and over time, is even weirder.
Disagree with Margaret Singer's hypothesis to the effect that cults can be formed around any human activity, e.g. the love of horses, horseback riding...
No, not really,...
A group activity is needed, and horseback riding is a solitary activity.
I think self-esteem has to be a component, and, I think self-esteem has to be subverted such that individual energy becomes either leader, or group-focused.
Probably not more than a couple of ways to skin this cat...pretty well-documented at this point.
Are their evil villains? For sure...
I am more interested in understanding the technology...
There is a wealth of data on this site, which can enable participants to identify recurrent 'technologies'.
Yes, they, the so-called leaders are all psychopaths, really despicable people, but, we can stop being dupes.
What are the odds that even psychopaths, and their minions, devise the same damn 'technologies' cult to cult, e.g. violent pornography as de-sensitization technique, or the clitoral-stroking technology.
This stuff is weird, if you will excuse my saying so, and that it splays out across cultic ventures, and over time, is even weirder.
Disagree with Margaret Singer's hypothesis to the effect that cults can be formed around any human activity, e.g. the love of horses, horseback riding...
No, not really,...
A group activity is needed, and horseback riding is a solitary activity.
I think self-esteem has to be a component, and, I think self-esteem has to be subverted such that individual energy becomes either leader, or group-focused.
Probably not more than a couple of ways to skin this cat...pretty well-documented at this point.
Are their evil villains? For sure...
I am more interested in understanding the technology...