I love how you said "you think you're free when you get out of an abusive relationship then, capitalism" LOL. I perceive consumer culture as having very cultic dynamics , and what would not be cultic would be being in right relationship with nature and other people (not utilizing perverse power dynamics to subjugate the earth and poor people). I wrote a song about it called Cult if you feel like listening, it's on my page. Thank you so much for making videos, they are incredibly elucidating.
Great to meet you! I totally agree, consumer culture intentionally borrows a lot of cult tactics and the capitalist class feels very culty. I’ll check out your page!
i have the same microphone anyways i was in 2 cults i was in inglesia ni christo and the apostolic Pentecostal faith i was in inc for 6months lol its a Pilipino cult and then the Pentecostal one for a few months until i realized Christianity was just a cult in general and i couldn't control my bisexuality also gender dysphoria about to transition so i can become better
I feel you on the capitalism thing. It’s just that I can’t bring myself to advocate for an alternative, such is my lack of faith in human systems. What most can agree upon is that the struggle for freedom is not confined to breaking away from high pressure cult groups. Put another way the outside world is its own high pressure environment. Thanks for sharing again as it is not easy!
I see what you're saying and thanks for sharing. I will always advocate for an alternative, while radically accepting the journey will have many twists and turns and the changes we make collectively will be different than anything I could have pictured.
I know this might be a big ask but given the similarities between it and how you described the Mooney 'messiah'... I'd be curious on your thoughts about how we might reach our MAGA friends and family from this 'new' (as in social media based deception vs in person/literary deception) brand of personality cult. It's super insidious and I've been at a loss for how to even approach them without triggering their cognitive dissonance defenses.
15:39 hell yeah we're having FUN
I love how you said "you think you're free when you get out of an abusive relationship then, capitalism" LOL. I perceive consumer culture as having very cultic dynamics , and what would not be cultic would be being in right relationship with nature and other people (not utilizing perverse power dynamics to subjugate the earth and poor people). I wrote a song about it called Cult if you feel like listening, it's on my page. Thank you so much for making videos, they are incredibly elucidating.
Great to meet you! I totally agree, consumer culture intentionally borrows a lot of cult tactics and the capitalist class feels very culty. I’ll check out your page!
i have the same microphone anyways i was in 2 cults i was in inglesia ni christo and the apostolic Pentecostal faith i was in inc for 6months lol its a Pilipino cult and then the Pentecostal one for a few months until i realized Christianity was just a cult in general and i couldn't control my bisexuality also gender dysphoria about to transition so i can become better
oh wow didnt even think the subject was gonna come up in this video
I feel you on the capitalism thing. It’s just that I can’t bring myself to advocate for an alternative, such is my lack of faith in human systems. What most can agree upon is that the struggle for freedom is not confined to breaking away from high pressure cult groups. Put another way the outside world is its own high pressure environment. Thanks for sharing again as it is not easy!
I see what you're saying and thanks for sharing. I will always advocate for an alternative, while radically accepting the journey will have many twists and turns and the changes we make collectively will be different than anything I could have pictured.
I know this might be a big ask but given the similarities between it and how you described the Mooney 'messiah'... I'd be curious on your thoughts about how we might reach our MAGA friends and family from this 'new' (as in social media based deception vs in person/literary deception) brand of personality cult. It's super insidious and I've been at a loss for how to even approach them without triggering their cognitive dissonance defenses.
I have a lot to say on this but I will need several months to address other things first and really plan out a helpful response ❤