• calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    The first photo of people on the page is the hottest, fittest people they could find.

    Not really the best sign at all! That’s what cults do.

    An example in person was Children of God’s “flirty fishing.” Scientology does this too, which is a reason they keep their most famous members close. Tom Cruise is an amazing advertisement for the cult.

    If the first people you see are half-naked models, run.

    Edit to add that it’s remarkably foolish to say “it’s not a cult.” As Zombie said it’s literally what all cults say.

    Even the most notorious cults obviously didn’t start as cults. I’m pretty sure the People’s Temple said “it’s not a cult” all the way up to the “white night” mass murder/suicide.

    Note that the About page of this one talks about how the two founders spent their entire life savings to do this.

    That’s a nascent cult! “It’s not a cult” isn’t cute, it’s alarming.