https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-mind/202106/understanding-cults-the-basics
Cult leaders are typically malignant narcissists and want people who will be obedient to them.
Cult leaders want people who will be obedient to them and their rules. They look for ways to “break” people; they want people who will work hard and long hours for little or no pay. They want “willing” slaves. Authoritarian religious cults often use members for labor trafficking. When the mind is controlled, a victim may appear happy and willing to suffer for the profit or benefit of the leader/group.
I read quite a few of these articles about cults. Guess what? They describe certain institutions that we may be familiar with, who tell their followers that outside knowledge is harmful, and that even when their leader tells you left is right and right is left, you must obey.
ReplyDeleteOf course I'm referring to shabbetai zvi and friends.
What about the various Chasidic groups?
DeleteWhat about the Republican Party?
DeleteWhy are infallible Gedolim a problem for Chareidim but the same dynamic is acceptable in politics?
Because the Republican party has votes to decide who leads. It has campaigns, alternative candidates. If you can't see the difference, you need your glasses fixed.
DeleteAnyone who says that Chassidus is a cult or a bunch of haters and simply don't know what they're talking about. Maybe they're even from Canada
ReplyDeleteFunny, each chassidus says that about the other one. Not going to name names
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Chasidus is certainly a cult. It ticks all the main boxes given the role of the rebbe, the roles of the followers, the rules around belief in certain dogma and the rules of interactions with the rest of the world.
DeleteMAGA is certainly a cult. It ticks all the main boxes given the role of the rebbe, the roles of the followers, the rules around belief in certain dogma and the rules of interactions with the rest of the world.
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