How #Cults Use #Language to #Control
If there's one thing #cultleaders do, it's talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members #bonded, #isolated and #obedient.
If there's one thing cult leaders do, it's talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members bonded, isolated and obedient.Otherwords...
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The Cult Leader’s fictional spin!
#BaaghiTV #Opinions #International #Cults #CultCulture #CultLeaders #HannahArendt #HistoricalTotality #Newman @yasmeenali62
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il7PdK3_k9E
In studying #cults (religious, phoney wellness, etc) one learns something about #hategroups
10 Most 'Charismatic' #CultLeaders
#extrêmedroite #SmashtheFash #authoritarianism #powerdynamics #hierarchy
This is a very thought-provoking article for anyone that has any interest in, or experience with an #AI #chatbot OR a #psychic (or for that matter, a traveling #evangelist that goes from #church to church, especially those in the #pentecostal / #charismatic / #evangelical camp, since they often use the same techniques. If you are an #exvangelical or have suffered #ReligiousTrauma you may have encountered these types - they may actually believe they are doing God's work, but whether they know it or not they are using many of the same tricks that most psychics and stage magicians use. Even some #preachers , #pastors and #CultLeaders use these techniques on their congregations, especially in the #Christian #megachurches).
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con
https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/
The #right is getting #weirder about #sex
#Cults always #police their followers' #sexlives, but the #rightwing wants to impose their #bizarre #beliefs on #everyone
As anyone who has studied #cults can tell you, they never limit their #escalations to #violence or #hateful #ideologies. There's almost always a weird #sexual #component, as #cultleaders come up with ever stranger #rules and #regulations to #control the #sexualexpression of their #followers
https://www.salon.com/2023/10/09/the-right-is-getting-weirder-about/