The term "cult" is used so loosely today and people will deem any group, system or ideology they disagree with as a cult, but in reality a cult has

to meet a set of very specific characteristics. How would you rightly and objectively define a cult and what main characteristics would you ascribe to it? I didn't know what group to put this under, so I just chose culture and race. In the word Culture is cult. CULTure is your operating system and when you go visit another culture, what do you feel? Culture shock, because it's different from the culture you're in. You see, that is using cult loosely and incorrectly.

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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

Typical Cult characteristics include:

A charismatic leader
Ideological purity (no questioning the leader.)
Isolation and love-bombing
Mind-altering practices: Sleep deprivation, chanting, etc. to break down defenses.
Us-vs-them mentality
Apocalyptic thinking

Petruk

@badminton Sounds like… IKYK

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@badminton Hmmmmm .... You are describing the Democrat party.

Charismatic leaders (check)
Ideological purity (check)
Isolation and love bombing (check)
Mind-altering mentality (check)
Apocalyptic thinking (check)

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@Heartlander No. Actually that would be a good description of Trump's MAGA dupes.

SW-User

@badminton Two characteristics that you didn't mention are that cults do not allow people to leave and they have secret teachings only for their followers.

Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M

@Heartlander you mean the trumplicans!!

SW-User

@Heartlander @badminton Both the right and the left are puppets of the illuminati cult. Those who are still trapped in the false left right paradigm, the hegelian dialectic, are still brainwashed cult members.