#Cultism

[godkingjah-3]

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[anarchistin]

instead of finding their orientation in the actual social conditions and their possibilities, the new leftists base their concerns mainly on a set of ideologies that have no relevance to the requirements of social change in capitalist nations.

they find their inspiration not in the developmental processes of their own society but in the heroes of popular revolution in faraway countries, thereby revealing that their enthusiasm is not as yet a real concern for decisive social change.

Paul Mattick, Introduction to Anti-Bolshevik Communism

[zuchinnifixations]

How to Leave a Cult

1. Abandon what you think you know

You think you are devoted to Him, but you must remember you were first devoted to yourself. You must dredge up any compassion you have for Him, and twist it to fit yourself. The love you direct towards Him must be contorted to wrap around your mind. You must remember the only way to Salvation is by ripping your melted flesh from His grasp. Despite the stinging of opened wounds, you have to free yourself.

[sumontienne]

the mainstream portrayal of evil cults as pagan or occult esoteric is so funny to me because the biggest and most harmful cults were and are christian

[hiimtracher]

I'd be careful around Daisy, after all, she isn't what she... seems...

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green eyes is also not what they seem to be he is what i'd like to call a soul eater

[ivehadanapophany]

My other favorite part of cultsim lore is that Elagabulus the real roman emperor was maybe an avatar of the Sun-In-Rags

[mary-laib]

“I just think that children have a closer relationship with God”

Bro??? You’re child is literally indoctrinated??? She’s literally chanting about how God is going to kill all the nonbelievers and spewing anti-trans rhetoric? How is that normal or Godly?

[invharolda]

The man has been confirmed by Thomas Kales as the second cult leader although his name remains a secret (52656d69746572656e) he has been let out of the psych ward to the normal prison as he didn't show any signs of violence and was very cooperative. There he met Peter Haft who was arrested for hacking to and stealing from bank accounts they were quick to make friends (6d792062656c6f76656420616e67656c) which was found weird as Peter started his criminal path after he escaped the cult with his abnormal intelligence given to him by playing with his and two other brains during the ritual called surgery. We are currently observing the two as they share a room with each other.

Posted on may 25th

[godkingjah-3]

I'll always love you, but your freedom must be earned

[anarchistin]

honestly couldn't care less abt what any long-dead thinker 'would have thought' about something from today. it's a useless question, purely speculative, and a poor substitute for thinking about it yourself.

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[savedbyshriners]

Thought Dump

Recently, I have been going back into researching conspiracies, secret societies, spirituality, etc. it all ties together.

Currently, I'm reading The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall. It's been going through some early living cults, beginning freemasonry, early shamanism and all the things that tie up with these items. I've found that this author wrote MANY things in his time and I'm tempted to go through and read all of it.

Partly what got me back on this journey is reading the book The Secret History by Donna Tartt. The main character, Richard, becomes entangled with some shifty stuff in his ancient Greek class, which references tidbits of ancient philosophy... and now I'm here.

If anyone has any thoughts, recommendations, or anything they would like to share, please do!!! I'm looking for people who are as curious as I am :)

[hiimtracher]

here my cultists and others have two monsters

[melbagirl]

[Image Description: Four slides outlining and giving examples of the four methods of control in the BITE model, listed as follows:

Behavior Control

Promote dependence and obedience

Modify behavior with rewards and punishments

Dictate where and with whom you live

Restrict or control sexuality

Control clothing and hairstyle

Regulate what and how much you eat and drink

Deprive you of seven to nine hours of sleep

Exploit you financially

Restrict leisure time and activities

Require you to seek permission for major decisions

Information Control

Deliberately withhold and distort information

Forbid you from speaking with ex-members and critics

Discourage access to non-cult sources of information

Divide information into Insider vs. Outsider doctrine

Generate and use propaganda extensively

Use information gained in confession sessions against you

Gaslight to make you doubt your own memory

Require you to report thoughts, feelings, & activities to superiors

Encourage you to spy and report on others' "misconduct"

Thought Control

Instill Black vs. White, Us vs. Them, & Good vs. Evil thinking

Change your identity, possibly even your name

Use loaded language and cliches to stop complex thought

Induce hypnotic or trance states to indoctrinate

Teach thought-stopping techniques to prevent critical thoughts

Allow only positive thoughts

Use excessive meditation, singing, prayer, & chanting to block thoughts

Reject rational analysis, critical thinking, & doubt

Emotional Control

Instill irrational fears (phobias) of questioning or leaving the group

Label some emotions as evil, worldly, sinful, or wrong

Teach emotion-stopping techniques to prevent anger, homesickness

Promote feelings of guilt, shame, & unworthiness

Shower you with praise and attention ("love bombing")

Threaten your friends and family

Shun you if you disobey or disbelieve

Teach that there is no happiness or peace outside the group

/End Image Description]

America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

[invharolda]

What i know of the hierarchy

Pope Surgeon Chalice Bishop preist follower the operated ones

posted on may 22nd

[pumpkinsplicelatte]

Oh talking about gender diversity is "bad" but convincing someone they can magically fluently speak a long-dead language is totally fine?

[angstandhappiness]

WILD

Conservatives having a normal one