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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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

The difference is more political ideologies don't come with a high control group, loyalty requirements to the leader, not the ideology. violence and intimidation used to keep the followers in line, information and thought control, and creating and reinforcing an in and out group and a hostile attitude towards the out group that paints them as both weak and dangerous at the same time.