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@thefondcarpet5230
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Hmmmmm
@boobsmakemehappy21
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Rick Ross the cult deprogrammer
@Bill-im6nt
November 26, 2024 at 7:56 pm
The difference is cults have fewer members, usually. Although his definition does sound like the Catholic Church.
@richtomlinson7090
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
A Cult is a religion where the leader is still alive.
@jocosus3
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Sounds like…..
Drumpf, RepubliKKKans & Trumptards
@zack_120
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
It’s pitty to learn the rampant existence of cult in the US or other scitech savy cultures which sounds rediculous even stupid given their cultural advantage.
@EyeLean5280
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Are you sure Apple was a benign cult? It’s my understanding that Jobs was rather emotionally abusive towards anyone within striking distance when it suited him.
@briannareeves2095
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Cool vid but bro kinda looks like he’s in a cult himself 😭
@blu_indi9333
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 pm
One question – is the Borg a cult?
😊
@bicivelo
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 pm
In the USA, tax exemption status is what makes a cult a religion.
@womble901
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 pm
I do think it’s so important to correctly distinguish religious organisations and cults. Not all cults are religious, not all religions are cults.
@chad63
November 26, 2024 at 8:11 pm
youve been rick ross
@uncletiggermclaren7592
November 26, 2024 at 8:12 pm
Name a single religion that has “Democratic” governance. Where the “believers” get a vote on who it is that has the golden toilet seat.
Has never happened in all of human history. ALL religions are false, and are cults made of lies.
@lalakass9041
November 26, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Why aren’t the Amish considered a cult? I googled it and it says they’re not considered cult because they’re a religion….
@naiyang888
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 pm
It’s absurd that religions are not considered cults in today’s age.
@sorrow2u
November 26, 2024 at 8:18 pm
so any goverment is a cult or close to it XD
@markdunlap9960
November 26, 2024 at 8:19 pm
As a member of the US military I feel attacked
@jaredt.murphy8257
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 pm
Thank you for acknowledging Jehovah’s Witnesses as a cult.
@MouseQueso
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 pm
As a former Jehovah’s Witness I argue that they, and The Mormons are still cults
@pdfads
November 26, 2024 at 8:23 pm
All religions are cults. It’s just a matter of degree.
@paxdamaxgaming4920
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 pm
The FBI burned down the branch dividians with women and children inside, they had pyrotechnics on sight, by all credible accounts the FBI burned women in children alive in the compound and lied that the Branch Davidians did it themselves. Do your research and stop spreading propaganda, it is disgusting that someone would lie about mothers and fathers burning themselves and their children alive to make themselves look good to the media.
@lawrencecarlson2425
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 pm
Truth is freedom. I no longer question the authenticity of today’s Bible versions, I learned how corrupt they are. My study solved the conflicts and inconsistencies that have plagued my walk. I found, the men who wrote the books assembled in what is now many versions of the original, are unidentifiable. The books were named long after the texts were written and many edits and omissions have occurred since. Proof? If it was the authentic word of God, why would the Bible be revised over and over again? Thanks to deconstruction and a yearlong investigation into ancient Greek and Hebrew scripture, I can say the modern Bible is fake. It is not what clergy says it is. Yeshua came and went. His mission was completed. Educate the clergy, they get paid to advise yet they know little or they are complicit in the lie. Either way, we all lose.
@Grelotmystiqueetal
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 pm
A religion is a cult that has succeeded.
@TallyRocky
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 pm
Why does France designate JWs as a cult?
@profoundresolve
November 26, 2024 at 8:28 pm
Man Thanksgiving is gonna be fun this year 🙃
@MyFisken123
November 27, 2024 at 4:55 pm
Kind off surpriced he didn’t mention “The Anthill Kids”. That cult is one of the most F’ed up cults that I have ever heard about. Although not as deadly as Heaven’s Gate, they have done things that will make your spine shiver. It makes you second guess why you ever read or saw a documentary about them (I recommend Count Dankula’s video on the cult)
@Dinolobe376
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 pm
so by this definition, christianity and islam are cults
@Stepchet1
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 pm
How do I get this man’s help?
@user-fed-yum
November 27, 2024 at 5:19 pm
Hey America, meet North Korea.
@ianmilstead
November 27, 2024 at 5:34 pm
The difference between a religion and a cult is that a cult is headed by a charismatic leader who promises salvation by following him. In a religion, that guy’s dead.
@MVW-g2i
November 27, 2024 at 6:10 pm
Is gender ideology a cult?
@tomhanson9952
November 27, 2024 at 6:17 pm
While I agree the Branch Dividians were a destructive cult, the Feds bungled the handling of that cult and essentially poured gasoline on a fire.
@mindhackz
November 27, 2024 at 6:25 pm
10:01 Guarantee this will age like milk.
@invox9490
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 pm
I cannot believe no one asked if Crossfit was a cult…
@mindhackz
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 pm
11:16 You lost credibility to me here. You can say this about any acolyte going into a cult.
@rotbot4u
November 27, 2024 at 6:31 pm
I love him !!! the GOAT deprogrammer 🔥 I want to hear his opinion on gender ideology !!
@Mute_Nostril_Agony
November 27, 2024 at 6:36 pm
He is describing Islam
@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5
November 27, 2024 at 6:40 pm
“You’ve took refuge in the plenty of their empty lives.”
@xjeagerx
November 27, 2024 at 6:44 pm
Huge fan of his brother, Bob
@richardjones1699
November 27, 2024 at 6:50 pm
Wish my family would watch this…
@SuicideNeil
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 pm
All religions are cults, not all cults are religions- many religions punish their members for questioing their leadership or rules, that’s a big tell.
@SameAsAnyOtherStranger
November 27, 2024 at 6:55 pm
@That Bug Hates Hugs stole the internet the *day* they posted that!
@bottyhammer
November 27, 2024 at 7:02 pm
13:52: true for anything 😃
@BlueBird8925
November 27, 2024 at 7:16 pm
This was fascinating. What an excellent speaker!
@juliapinheiro4063
November 27, 2024 at 7:23 pm
WOW! I’d love to drink a cup of coffee and have a chat with Rick. So much knowledge and so many interesting stories!!
@sandywave4971
November 27, 2024 at 7:30 pm
I have a family cult. Thankyou for saying yes, it’s crazy hard to find help when what happens is so consuming. A lot of advice is for a relationship that’s not been life consuming since birth. There’s a huge lack of humanity that needs to grow before typical things like narcissist advice can assist. Just no muscles for life really
@stevenlancestoll629
November 27, 2024 at 7:37 pm
In Sociology we differentiate between cults and religions. A cult claims exclusivity to the “truth”. Christianity IS a cult!
@LesGaminuscules
November 27, 2024 at 7:45 pm
In the early 80s the unification church lured me into a session. Oh they tried so hard to convince Mr Moon was the new messiah… there logic was so silly but ultimately they used guilt .. saying, “now that you know he’s the messiah isn’t it your duty to follow him” … I replied.. “no, I have art”. … I was dismissed. 🙂
@sarahheibs9264
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 pm
I’ve been saying we’re gonna all need to learn some cult deprogramming techniques to deal with family and friends who, well, you know…. There is no reaching people with facts, proof, or logic anymore and it’s frightening.
@raginggoats2496
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 pm
why am i seeing a suicide prevention ad thingy under a cult video? :’) HAHAHAHHH
@stephenievee1126
November 28, 2024 at 3:43 pm
5:32 Abraham, same. Jesus, same. Muhammad, same.
@Lord_Yoshi
November 28, 2024 at 3:43 pm
The Ay Tee Eff totally didn’t cause Way Co. Totally.
@sigrholambda
November 28, 2024 at 3:49 pm
half the country is unable to ask critical questions of the leader of the group
@davidmeehan4486
November 28, 2024 at 3:52 pm
I still think it can’t happen to me.
@Squant
November 28, 2024 at 3:53 pm
“You are not made to feel that you’ve turned against God simply by leaving a particular church”.
This guy knows a lot about cults, but less about religion. I’m not sure his distinction even makes sense. They don’t count as cults because he’s specifically designed his definition of a cult to exclude them? How convenient. It doesn’t take much searching to find dictionaries with definitions that absolutely encompass religion and besides, we know of cults with multiple leaders.
@freeshrugs63
November 28, 2024 at 4:01 pm
Oh, oh! Let me guess! Religiosity and poor education?
@SqueakyBarbarian
November 28, 2024 at 4:26 pm
I started going to meetings of a group that I realized quickly was…weird. What they were saying people could have found if they were exploring spiritually and therapy. It wasn’t unique to them – but when I mentioned that, I got blank looks. The increasing pressure to meet with people almost each night of the week – added slowly so you got deeper and deeper – was what made me stop. I’m not a joiner and I have zero patience for people following anything without questioning it. Guess I’m not a good candidate for cults. Thank goodness.
@dangolfishin
November 28, 2024 at 4:40 pm
Because we’re dumb and religious
@v2anc5
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Wait…are universities cults?
@v2anc5
November 28, 2024 at 4:50 pm
There is usually one almost totalitarian leader. Hundreds to thousands of members who are convinced that unless they continue to be a willing participant you’re going to be a less meaningful member of society. Members will pay ridiculous amounts of money to be a part and then they’ll even treat nonmembers differently. People have totally killed themselves over their studies and killed others over other universities/“cults”
@radoskan
November 28, 2024 at 4:55 pm
I would love to see some statistics about cults in Europe vs in the US. I dare to doubt that Europe has as many as the US has.
@russwhiffle
November 28, 2024 at 5:12 pm
Why mention Joseph Smith and not Jesus? Why did you not fully read out the message collating cults and religion? Why Is it appropriate to designate North Korea under Kim Jong Un a cult – but it is unethical to consider the ‘cult of personality’ around Trump? I’m not saying I necessarily think all religions are cults (or even that trump is bad) but you are either highly intellectually dishonest, or blind to a severe cognitive bias that make you an inappropriate educator on this subject.
@andreadiamond7115
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 pm
Awesome content.
@GameFuMaster
November 28, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Is Islam a cult then? Since it forbids apostacy. Even Malaysia says a Malay cannot be anything but Muslim, and there are heavy penalties for doing so
@christiankirkenes5922
November 28, 2024 at 6:09 pm
Forgot to mention that it was the FBI that started the fire with grenades, they ran tanks through the buildings and then the FBI agents took photos with the burnt corpses of children….. But hey, there can only be 1 bad guy in the story huh.
@aerialarboreal9005
November 28, 2024 at 6:11 pm
American’s are generally stupid and will follow whoever scares them the most…
@kateboonzaier558
November 28, 2024 at 6:24 pm
Great video! Just a note: the editing choice to cut and zoom in and out every phrase or so was quite distracting and hard to focus on what he was saying because of it
@cruye9633
November 28, 2024 at 6:39 pm
“Very shrewd salesman” he declared bankrupcy 6 times
@rimmersbryggeri
November 28, 2024 at 6:49 pm
You are probably not watching this video.
@soffici1
November 28, 2024 at 6:58 pm
The title of this video could have been “why did the US vote for Orange Hitler again?”
@redMaple_QC
November 28, 2024 at 7:18 pm
I love Martha Marcy May Marlene. Such a great movie.
@RonaldChristy
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Cult + time = religion
@AA-wc3tw
November 28, 2024 at 8:01 pm
We call Amway “Scamway” here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have a friend who joined, we all tried to talk him out of it. I can’t imagine he’s making any money, but he thinks he’ll be able to retire early because of Amway. SMH.
@pitviper346
November 28, 2024 at 8:08 pm
One could argue then that Jesus started a cult. 🤔
@TYOjoe
November 28, 2024 at 8:11 pm
i like how he neglected to mention the law enforcement started the fire at Waco, and are responsible for burning all the children there to death
@grimbles39
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 pm
Generally, belief in conspiracies correlate to low IQ.
@evelynpichardo4800
November 29, 2024 at 1:08 pm
11:45 for paper
@zionne2716
November 29, 2024 at 1:40 pm
news flash. many are part of some cult and dont even know it. are you allowed to question climate change ? u can literally check list the “am i part of a cult” checklist for this.
@paranoidhumanoid
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 pm
Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witness are… mainstream? Really? 🤣
@flocci22n
November 29, 2024 at 1:45 pm
Unable to ask critical questions about the leader. If I leave, I must be wrong. No checks and balances to leader’s power. Sounds like religion. I appreciate how he backtracks on his defining characteristics afterward though.
@liv531
November 29, 2024 at 2:27 pm
3:32 regarding the question about cult leaders/cults believing the end is near; do cult leaders always believe in what they “preach?”
@FHL-Devils
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 pm
“Church, cult. Cult, church. So we get bored someplace else every Sunday.”
– Bartholomew J. Simpson
@eksbocks9438
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 pm
A lot of it is based on emotional appeal. And a strong leader. Regardless of what the beliefs are.
Americans are very susceptible to this. Because everything in their culture primes them to it.
They have a historical background of both Protestant religion and Native American mysticism.
Plus, their culture always encourages people to do everything “on their own.” Which means a greater prevalence of stress and isolation.
@coopers1716
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 pm
I think I’m in a cult my toilet won’t let me leave
@barrothontherocks3325
November 29, 2024 at 2:45 pm
i don’t mean to jonkler all over the place but society is also a big part of why people might be pressured to join a cult. if you feel like you NEED to have a significant other and/or have a child or feel like you need to move out the minute you hit 18 with nowhere to go that’s a great point for the cults to target you
@evanl6819
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 pm
nah some trump supporters absolutely are cultists
@OrangeHarrisonRB3
November 29, 2024 at 3:01 pm
Saying Taylor Swift has a cult following is like calling Green Day underground.
Mainstream celebrity worship is WAY more dangerous than culthood, because they think just being in the mainstream puts them on the ethical “right” side as opposed to the negative connotation the word “cult” has, even though both parties do the same thing.
@Uhohohno319
November 29, 2024 at 3:03 pm
Heaven’s Gate died Good Friday
@vroomik
November 29, 2024 at 3:27 pm
4:48 is when he’s done aobout, but children and women of Koresh’s cult died in that fire. I’ve touched the subject in my thesies, and it’s so many things they done wrong – what I mean is , ATF and FBI… I am not an American so right to bear arms seems outlandish to me, but it seamed like a good ol’ stand off , yee haw!.. and people died, cuz they couldn’t care less and they didn’t care. Yes he was a abusive cult leader, but should we torch the disciples with him?
@mechmat12345
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 pm
Regarding Trumpism, I think he’s fundamentally misunderstanding what happens at Trump rallies and political rallies in general. Booing is common, and doesn’t necessarily indicate a rejection of what the speaker is saying. Trump jokes around a lot, and I’m sure the people at his rally thought that is what was happening. Booing is just part of the interactive nature of his rallies.
Also, plenty of cult experts believe Trumpism at least borders on a cult. There are plenty of examples of people rejecting friends and family and changing fundamental beliefs and values in favor of Trump, and Trump certainly using the language of a cult leader according to many experts. I can say unequivocally that my in laws completely flipped their political values once Trump popped on the scene (starting with birtherism).
I suspect this man has either not taken Trump’s behavior seriously enough to study him, or he shares enough of Trump’s beliefs to dismiss the claims out of hand.
@silvervixen007
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 pm
“save me ” a Korean series about a cult, I think is also quite realistic
@naterksmr
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 pm
Should be required viewing in school. I think we can replace the video where we learn about zinc.
@deivedux9342
November 29, 2024 at 4:14 pm
I wonder if Andrew Tate is considered a scammer or a cultist.
@steve-ok2090
November 29, 2024 at 4:45 pm
How do you become a Cult Deprogrammer? I’m 10 weeks into my job as a therapist, but I really think I want to do this more than mental health counseling.
@connorwilcox146
November 29, 2024 at 5:15 pm
Crazy simplification of the whole Waco situation. Yes the Branch Davidians were a cult and a harmful one at that, but there’s strong evidence to suggest that the ATF escalated that situation unnecessarily, put people in additional danger, and when the FBI came in they used flammable tear gas that likely led to the fire. To say cut and dry that David Koresh started the fire is ridding the ATF and FBI of any accountability.
@vassilisgonis
November 29, 2024 at 5:35 pm
The first reply is like hearing the woke politicians and people. They act like a cult
@HealthyPlanet
November 29, 2024 at 6:13 pm
Unconscious death anxiety is at the core of cults
@naterksmr
November 29, 2024 at 6:22 pm
I grew up in a catholic household, and I remember in catholic school being taught that you should value god above everything – even your family. God takes priority over your parents, your spouse, even your kids. When I did finally walk away for good, my parent’s first way of trying to convince me not to was by threatening to tell everyone about it, asking “What would they think?” As a young adult at the time, I at least had the maturity to not really care what they were going to think of me. But that was their first and strongest weapon – shame and ostracization. There were people in my life who cut me out after I walked away. Luckily, I wasn’t reliant on those connections, but not everyone is so lucky. Especially when you grow up in communities that have such an iron grip on religion, where it’s like “Yeah, you’re free to walk away. But if you do, all your friends, family, and everyone within a 50-mile radius of you will never talk to you again.” When you’re a teenage or young adult who doesn’t have the capability of leaving that area, having that happen would shatter your life. And even if you can, doing so still means leaving behind everything you’ve known. And keep in mind, this is just ONE tactic. My relationship with my parents is better now, but I don’t think it will ever be “fixed” completely. Not when you’re raised like that, and not when you had a childhood where your own parents constantly told you how stupid you were for daring to question your religion and ask questions, making fun of you to the point where a few times you had to cry yourself to sleep at night. While as an adult, they obviously don’t have that same influence on my religious freedom, the fact that they would never even think to apologize for what they did, or even acknowledge that it was wrong, makes it a relationship that can never be “fixed”. I’ve let go of the anger since then. You forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. But that doesn’t mean you have to be close with them. And you don’t even have to let them back into your life. It’s your choice.
@haltertopbabe
November 29, 2024 at 6:55 pm
my dad is in one right now lmao
@philipcottone6203
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 pm
How did they not mention Mr.Beast in this video? Complete and utter failure that they could post a video on the platform currently being dominated by an abusive cult.
It’s a new cult but this guy seems like a professional. This was a massive missed opportunity to identify the Mr Beast channel as such.
How are Jimmys tactics and destructive potential not being called out by more people?
@joachim847
November 29, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Odd choice, including the Trump question.
@georgierodgers444
November 30, 2024 at 2:29 pm
I’m concerned about “Christianity”
@Pacowaka4045
November 30, 2024 at 3:06 pm
I was born and raised as a JW, thankfully left it 2 years ago. I know he said it started out as one and mellowed out as a religion, but they still do a lot of destructive cultish things to their members. I’d still consider it to be a cult.
@buckstarwell7938
November 30, 2024 at 3:29 pm
Save yourself time: low education and high early indoctrination in religion.
@riproora9966
November 30, 2024 at 3:34 pm
We are all in a cult and it’s called marketing trend. Get the latest phone, get the latest car, get the modern house, try the limited edition… Buy buy buy. It’s all about power and money.
@RodrigoLobosChile
November 30, 2024 at 3:36 pm
Wow, probably the best episode of the entire Wired Support Serie.
@jpbaley2016
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 pm
MLMs are cults. The coercive tactics they use is acceptance, compliments, and ego boosting. They use deceptive isolating tactics by encouraging the person to push sales on friends and family until family and friends go no contact. You are basically shunned if you decide not to sell the products, don’t attempt to bring anyone into it. Most of the products sold are fraudulent and outright fakes. Health products that have killed people, hair products that damage hair, essential oils that do absolutely nothing but smell nice. Many cult religions like Jehovahs Witnesses push these MLMs to strengthen their hold on the congregation. There’s a reason why these MLMs bring religion into everything because all religions are a cult.
@draiccun
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 pm
The question if “Americans are more susceptible to cults” is so American…
And with “American” I mean North America (not the South “America” that no one cares/talks about). And obviously Mexico is South American or at least “Middle”-America.
@spamgarbage6999
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Whats this mormon apologism, that shi* is absolutely a cult
@TobyIKanoby
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 pm
I think he went over Trumpism a little bit easy and did a distraction move there with Qanon. In that case and with other examples he is obviously being carefull with what he says. Not a critique, just an observation, I am sure he has good reasons to do so.
@back-roomconfessions6746
November 30, 2024 at 4:53 pm
Jehovah’s Witness and Mormons = CULTS
@star2705
November 30, 2024 at 5:07 pm
My #1 irrational fear is accidentally becoming a cult leader.
@SProwse101
November 30, 2024 at 5:09 pm
Let’s not forget it wasn’t koresh who killed all those people it was the American government
@oscar1081
November 30, 2024 at 5:34 pm
exactly, he forgot to mention that the government were the ones who led to the disaster
@Jeff-cn9up
November 30, 2024 at 5:56 pm
Apple is not a *_benign_* cult.
@DMTHOTH
November 30, 2024 at 6:02 pm
Trump is so stupid, he can’t even do cult right. lmao
@Looking4HopeAnywhere
November 30, 2024 at 6:05 pm
That opening statement laid it all out that Mormonism is absolutely a cult.
@chrisklugh
November 30, 2024 at 6:12 pm
Sounds like Politics. Left or Right, you drink the same cool-aid. Just a different wavelength of photons.
@ItsAllNunya
November 30, 2024 at 6:22 pm
Wild that despite every ex mo ive every talked to saying mormonism is a cult this guy denies their experiences
@theguybehindyou694
November 30, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The ATF started the Waco fire.
@philjohnson922
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 pm
In the case of the Davidians, I think this is blatant propaganda, the ATF went there and killed innocent people.
@dickpawlak354
November 30, 2024 at 8:01 pm
All religion is a cult. It’s all made up to control people. God is not real. It’s all just tribal campfire stories blown out of proportion. Stamp out religion. It has consistently held back progress by instilling an unrealistic moral code
@becca53444
November 30, 2024 at 8:03 pm
To all the ignorant morons in the comments, no someone disagreeing with you politically is not a cult member. Get over yourselves.
@toddkurzbard
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 pm
Leave it to Libtard cultists (the TRUE deranged cultists) to always insert their Trump Derangement Syndrome into absolutely ANYTHING.
@Kristy_not_Kristine
November 30, 2024 at 8:16 pm
Governments are cults
@polkadotsandpumpkins4328
November 30, 2024 at 8:23 pm
I left Mormonism at around age 33. I was so in it. So believing. Did all the things. Went to church. Read the Book of Mormon. Went to Seminary. Mutual. Was “modest”. Went to a Mormon college. Got my endowments out. Got sealed in the Mormon temple. Etc. It is 100% a cult.
I feel like maybe he was saying the church doesn’t teach that people who leave have turned against god but they 100% absolutely do, including teach that those who leave are “lazy learners”, more interested in darkness than light, etc. All sorts of harmful and insulting things.
@TheFartanSpartan
November 30, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Ie….The Left
@theelvisguru9490
December 1, 2024 at 12:20 pm
What makes Americans more susceptible to cults. Rest of the world shouts in unison “because they’re stupid!😂”
@meatloaf7939
December 1, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Idk man “Trumpism” definitely seems like a cult lol
@danieldouglas8268
December 1, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Hes just describing the modern workplace
@KimoraJaed
December 1, 2024 at 1:45 pm
Religions don’t make you feel like you’ve turned against God for leaving? Oh boy, I know a lot of ex-LDS who would argue otherwise.
@chrisrowe9534
December 1, 2024 at 2:02 pm
No mention of the B.I.T.E. model? Really?
@thelonewolf191
December 1, 2024 at 2:22 pm
How do I start my OWN cult?
@abandonallgolfcarts
December 1, 2024 at 2:52 pm
hope yall bring this guy back 🫡 this is the only youtube series im completely locked in on and am excited by when i see that yall have a new video up.
@Purple79Angel
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Capitalism is cult per Rick’s definition.
@lalacabrito
December 1, 2024 at 3:35 pm
So the school was a cult all along…
@websurfer5772
December 1, 2024 at 3:51 pm
Wow. Bikram Yoga was started as a cult! I loved it but they kicked my rebel butt out of there after I only attended 3 times. Cults hate my independence and refusal to put myself in harm’s way at their say so. That’s sad. I loved working out in the heat. My overstressed body felt like rubber afterwards and it would calm me down. I told the leader lady that but she didn’t care and out the door I went never allowed to return. 😡
@TheNightWatcher1385
December 1, 2024 at 4:04 pm
It’s the atf who burned down the Waco compound, not David koresh.
@NelGabriel
December 1, 2024 at 4:26 pm
The answer to the first question sounds like woke ideology
@LordBummingtonThe3rd
December 1, 2024 at 4:36 pm
Dud really glazed over the Waco tragedy, the ATF were the ones who burned it down
@chemicalbeef3128
December 1, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Wow. Sounds just like liberalism. I always knew it was a mental illness… but a toxic cult, too? Yikes.
@UberFoX
December 1, 2024 at 4:50 pm
One allure of the cults is for people who have nobody in their life and they feel joining some cult will give them friends and maybe even a partner and they will have something to do. So cults pray on people have nothing left too.
@iam.williams
December 1, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Islam matches the description. just saying…
@blaquelove
December 1, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Trumpism is most definitely a cult
@lachoneus87
December 1, 2024 at 5:38 pm
Love the Waco revisionist history. He’s acting like it wasn’t the ATF that burned the whole thing down and murdered everyone.
@margotrosendorn6371
December 1, 2024 at 5:56 pm
Remember that cult members are vulnerable people who were taken advantage of, not idiots. Ridicule and shunning just makes it harder to leave.
@AIBot-d5r
December 1, 2024 at 5:56 pm
I want to leave the IRS cult, but it is too difficult!
@mtshyna
December 1, 2024 at 6:08 pm
If a church ever said to live together thats a huge red flag to me.
@TheRealMarkyPea
December 1, 2024 at 6:26 pm
When is Wired going to move to BlueSky for their questions? 😊
@glenncurry3041
December 1, 2024 at 7:43 pm
Too late. He’s already elected.
@bigfatdynamo246
December 1, 2024 at 8:05 pm
I’m very disappointed in Wired’s lack of due diligence here. There’s no such thing as psychological “deprogramming”. Self-professed deprogrammers use the exact same abusive brainwashing tactics as the cults themselves, including kidnappings and worse. Nothing is being fixed, just rebroken and reshaped into something people mind less.
Ross now makes his living as a “cult educator” and doing media hits because actual deprogramming is often legally actionable.
There’s literally a note on Rick Alan Ross’ Wikipedia page that states, “Deprogramming is a controversial tactic. Sociologists Anson Shupe and David Bromley note that deprogramming involves ‘kidnappings, forcible detentions, and exorcism-like rituals’ of unwilling participants. According to John E. LeMoult, deprogramming is often ‘far more like ‘brainwashing’ than the conversion process by which members join various sects.’ Key court cases have found deprogramming to be illegal for violating the constitutional rights of members of new religious movements.”
@MyriamRichardsdotter
December 1, 2024 at 8:11 pm
There is a TON of cult recruitment going on in social media spaces, including YouTube!
@sarahd.5244
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 pm
People who insist they’d never get ensnared by a cult remind me of people who swear they’d never end up in an abusive relationship. That confidence can make it harder to accept if it does happen and you need to get out! So many “smart, highly paid, confident” people still end up abused, and they’re ashamed to be in that situation. I’ve seen abusive relationships called “a cult of two” and tbh a lot of the controlling tactics seem similar.
@joedubner5846
December 2, 2024 at 1:44 pm
Had to shut off the video after hearing how this guy talked about the Wako Siege. Yeah, it was a doomsday cult and doomsday cults are bad. But innocent women and children lost their lives because the federal government murdered them. The ATF filled the house with flammable gas and burnt the place to the ground after trapping innocent Americans inside. The way this guy makes it seem like its not the government’s fault that this transpired the way it did? Sick
@brookethompson3646
December 2, 2024 at 1:46 pm
Love the part where he roasts Keith🤣
@Tikkibombom
December 2, 2024 at 1:59 pm
But why do i feel these things by simply living in my country?? 😭😭
@Nemoticon
December 2, 2024 at 2:12 pm
The two biggest cults in the world are in the USA… one is called the Democrats and the other the Republicans.
@RacingPepe
December 2, 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hah.. diffi-cult
@OrangeMan-ds7wz
December 2, 2024 at 2:34 pm
I would also venture to say that in the digital era, parasocial relationship fan-bases are now becoming cult-like I.E – if you don’t do things like I do, and like leader (the celebrity in question) like I do, then you’re BAD and WRONG. Social media has created MUCH more social cultism, although mostly benign, within celebrity culture.
@austinflake3938
December 2, 2024 at 2:59 pm
Cult, plus time, equals religion.
@funkndonut
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 pm
great timing releasing this one lol
@elll2184
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 pm
Gender ideology is a cult
@thedivinemrm5832
December 2, 2024 at 5:55 pm
People have been “trans” since the dawn of humanity. It’s YOU who’s in the cult as you deny this reality.
@Ai-yahUdingus
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 pm
I wouldn’t exactly call religions democratic LOL
@mamamcfreeman105
December 2, 2024 at 3:34 pm
You’re wrong about Trumps base.
@letolethe3344
December 2, 2024 at 3:58 pm
Sorry, I disagree with Ross about Rumpism being a cult. The word isn’t being used to “denigrate” the movement; it’s being used to describe it, and cult is an accurate description of elements of his following. Rumpism is not a legitimate political philosophy; it has no ideas, no policy positions, no value or morals that it promotes or acts on; it is, like the cult of Mussolini, pure will to power, pure bigotry and hatred toward those it sees as different; pure evil.
@ChildrensRightsFirst947
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 pm
Many of Trumps followers are acting like cult members the way they forgive him for any obvious wrongs and their inability to hear what anyone else says about him.
@thedivinemrm5832
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 pm
Right?! They’re all about “freedom” and “liberty” right up until anyone disagrees with their cult leader.
@armandbourque2468
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 pm
Corporate team sports/media and religion/politics conflation. Primes the pump for being played for suckers.
@elisam.r.9960
December 2, 2024 at 5:02 pm
I would be interested in a sequel to this that evaluates the commentary on YouTube that indicate things like MLMs are cults based on the BITE model.
@Elc22
December 2, 2024 at 5:10 pm
The answer about religions is a very “PR” response…
@jarleabelhaugeek1217
December 2, 2024 at 5:24 pm
Sounds like all religions.
@krisCrashTV
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 pm
Religions undergo scrutiny before they can get those tax exemption statuses in Denmark – and all countries should do that! They didn’t approve Scientology, but I do think it’s lack of tradition/history is part of that, not just that it seems like a money making scheme.
@VirtualGobllim47
December 2, 2024 at 5:49 pm
The us is much more a cult than North Korea, not saying NKDR isn’t a cult
@cc1k435
December 2, 2024 at 6:13 pm
Thank you for calling out Apple followers. People in the US have a terrible feeling of FOMO for a lot of things like that. 😮
@cintronjos
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 pm
11:36 He did not walk back the comments lmao, so that point is moot…
@CollegeBoyDeon
December 2, 2024 at 6:51 pm
Being susceptible to a cult as an adult is beyond crazy, to me.
@drzaius844
December 2, 2024 at 7:01 pm
Would you say that “coercive persuasion to gain undue influence over your following” might exhibit itself as threat of eternal torture if you don’t follow the organization’s principles?
@brockb3692
December 2, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Mormonism is still most definitely a cult.
@brianbrown7982
December 3, 2024 at 10:12 am
lemme just say this dude’s outfit slaps
@henriqueartem5471
December 3, 2024 at 11:36 am
I stopped watching when he just regurgitated the same orientalist bs about north Korea that the US has been pushing ever since they failed to win the war against them. Have you ever thought that you live in a cult called western supremacy? Shallow, stupid and absolutely biased example.
@goblin3359
December 3, 2024 at 12:12 pm
It’s also relevant to note that in the ancient world the term ‘Cult’ (or its linguistic equivalents) didn’t mean what it means now, it was more of an indication of a specific dedicated following to a given deity within a polytheistic pantheon (i.e: The Cult of Dionysis). Nonetheless, great video.
@Jmarshall23
December 3, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Certain people need to see this video.
@christinahammond7522
December 3, 2024 at 1:15 pm
Donald Trump is a cult leader
@gtleshow
December 3, 2024 at 2:22 pm
Wow, this was eye-opening! It’s incredible to hear about the psychological tactics cults use and how they manipulate people. Massive respect to the deprogrammer for shedding light on this and helping people reclaim their lives.
@josefelicianorivera4492
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 pm
The terrible education in the U.S.A.
@GubberWubber
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 pm
Lol, the LDS and JWs are still high control groups. And yes, most religions are high control groups.
@wizardsuth
December 3, 2024 at 3:09 pm
A benign cult is like a benign tumour. It may not be doing much harm, but it’s also not a good sign, and it might become malignant at any time.
@bradgooner3284
December 3, 2024 at 3:21 pm
Brother brother, uncle uncle, Kiflom.
@pierpallescroti1477
December 3, 2024 at 3:31 pm
20:00
@LordExarKun
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 pm
Martha Marcy May Marlene is great! Midsommar too. Glad this deprogrammer is up to date with how cults are depicted in the media.
@Ash-tu5pc
December 3, 2024 at 4:08 pm
The Branch Davidians did not make weapons illegally. Everything was well above board and fully legal. Additionally, Koresh did NOT call for mass suicide. The ATF used weapons that started fires, later denied it, then admitted some years after.
@TheNinnyfee
December 3, 2024 at 4:14 pm
So many families around the world are cultish, especially patriarchal families.
Always take care of your deepest wishes and needs, that’s where predators get you. And don’t add urgency to them. And never think they won’t get to you and followers are stupid, life can get to you and these people have many masks, one may fit for you.
@michellewhite1559
December 3, 2024 at 4:22 pm
I very much disagree that Trump supporters are not cultists. Many of them have taken to Deifying him, and are unable to be swayed in their opinion, even though he is objectively and without question a horrifically narcissistic personality.
@MollyMiaow
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 pm
Christian Science, not well-known now, was a Faith healing cult led by Mary Baker Eddy. To give just one example… When I was in my early twenties, I was finally diagnosed with epileptic seizures, having gone through many medical tests to find what was wrong. I called up my mom and told her I had epilepsy. She called me back the next day and said… your father and I have decided that you don’t have epilepsy. Luckily, I was old enough to control my medical care. But it can be seen how such a belief would confuse a child by denying reality. And how much physical suffering a child goes through when s/he gets really sick and is ignored because the symptoms aren’t “real”.
@mrcroob8563
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 pm
Your misrepresentation of the Waco incident is kind of disgusting honestly. They were not making illegal weapons, they were making weapons and the ATF was worried they were making assault rifles, which they weren’t. The davidians invited the ATF to come into the compound and investigate, they refused land later decided to assault the compound with nothing but random unconfirmed rumors of child abuse. The ATF fired first and most likely started that fire you said the davidians started to kill themselves.
@mrcroob8563
December 3, 2024 at 4:31 pm
So taylor swift is a cult leader but trump isnt? Give me a break 😂
@averagejordan8494
December 3, 2024 at 4:41 pm
Very useful information. One issue tho, he used Mormons as an example of something that is a religion and not a cult, but they fit every description of a cult he gives except using astrology
@AnthemUnanthemed
December 3, 2024 at 5:12 pm
kinda shocked all the people in the comments calling this person tame when fundamentally what he is doing is still up for debate as to whether or not it counts as breaking human rights. This also shows a complete lack of knowledge of a history of religions or the etymology of the word cult, as MANY religions, such as Christianity, started with many denominations self describing as a cult, as it has been flipfloping between a good and a bad thing depending on who you ask at what time for centuries. Getting people out of abusive situations is one thing, but the focus should always be on the abusive situation, the whole idea surrounding cults has become almost a larger than life evil in too many people’s mind for this to be serious especially with the rise in christian nationalize, and a long history of trying to exterminate the other because its “inherently evil” for some reason.
I would argue that since the only thing that maters is the abusive situation, many catholic churches should be related under an umbrella term if one were to be used, considering lasting and continuing allegations, I would argue that the jewish ritual to mutilate an infant’s genitals is abuse, I would argue the notion that you should marry within your religion (something common in many religions) is to some degree a level of social isolation. This kind of splitting hairs between a definition between cult and religion cause so many problems and this whole field has enough issues that maybe JUST ASKING A PSYCHOLOGIST, about how to help people out of abusive situations would have been far more helpful, than some guy making money in an unscientific business scheme with questionable morality and ethics, in a field with a history of literal genocide.
@Adsper2000
December 3, 2024 at 6:53 pm
Cults are inherently evil. By definition, they are movements of fantastical religious hysteria of objectively false claims, whose ultimate goal is social fragmentation and the decline of sane society to further their own imaginary brand.
Religion is also bad, but most modern believers ignore 90% of the nonsense in the Bible or don’t even take it seriously at all. They’re not comparable.
@SOS-ct9mv
December 3, 2024 at 6:03 pm
I could never join a cult; I’m an introvert who hates meetings, cliques, and leaders. I’m not searching for anything. And I was raised by scientists, so I always say, show me the money/data.
@jessebaker9430
December 3, 2024 at 6:09 pm
At the end of the docuseries, Into the Storm, Ron Watkins let slip that he has been doing the Q Drops. That is, he is Q, or at least he replaced the original Q.
@keouine
December 3, 2024 at 8:01 pm
I add this only because Wired and its guest speakers are all about clarifying and informing; Western European languages except English use the term secte (FR) Sekte (German) Setta (Italiano) and seita (Port) or secta (Spanish) for this type of group. Speakers would perhaps have less trouble explaining the difference in the use of “cult of Isis” or “cult of Bal” and so forth if they used “cult” in its more conservative and older way as other languages do in Europe still do. Someone has suggested the mistake has occurred because of mix up with the term occult (hidden, secret) which is etymologically unrelated to cult and is instead a cognate of the -ceal in conceal
@hotelvasthorizon
December 3, 2024 at 8:03 pm
This is so interesting. Thanks for the video
@greercarroll7967
December 3, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Didn’t Bill Hicks film the American government starting the fires at Waco? I miss Bill Hicks. This guy’s great, but I often, with longing, imagine Bill at this age now, doing all this but hilarious ❤
@louneissen1603
December 4, 2024 at 9:02 am
Didn’t mention the orange elephant in the room.
@LynetteTheRogue
December 4, 2024 at 9:37 am
Until the US recognizes that cults are not religions or that religions do not have the right to exploit or abuse their followers, cults are always going to be a problem here
@deltaman2004
December 4, 2024 at 9:37 am
So Trump isn’t a cult leader but his movement attracts other politically aligned cults to his party? I think that’s a bit lenient on Trump and a convenient answer for something that has shown actions that very closely resemble cults. Just because the followers already lean towards a certain direction doesn’t mean they can’t fall into a cult, it just means the leaver is easily identified.
@allyc8904
December 4, 2024 at 9:53 am
I totally disagree about trump not being a cult. I have seen people completely change their thinking and while that one incidence you mentioned shows they can push back, that was once event. They are afraid to criticize him ever, they immediately forgot that mention of vaccines (and they seem to have forgotten the shots were created under his administration). They dismiss every infraction and anti-American, anti-worker, etc utterance. If Nazism was a cult, so is trumpism. And I see many people totally change and seem in a trance–like Lindsay Graham for instance. See videos of him before he decided to workshop trump and now. All it took was for Graham to be yelled at by people in an airport to totally change. There is an enormous backlash against anyone who speaks even slightly critically of trump, with death threats and stalkers, etc. How is that not a cult?! It bares every marker of a cult, with Fox and OAN being the echo chamber of information isolation.
In my opinion, Trump’s crowd booed because he had already been speaking out against vaccines as had Fox News and others prior to that statement. The crowds had already absorbed that message loud and clear, so they were primed to be against it. Then the fact that many people around them also booed just boosted it. They immediately forget and forgave his tresspass and act like he never said it, ignore that he got vaccinated as did ever Fox News person.
@MasterhpIke
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 pm
If it’s a cult why did so many conservatives speak out on the new administration pick?
@nathandonahue7499
December 4, 2024 at 10:01 am
😂 you described Trump’s America lmao
@MasterhpIke
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 pm
I think he described the leftists who are in a cult, the Trump hating cult.
@Sabrina-tj6yb
December 4, 2024 at 10:03 am
Really like the way he responds to questions, very factual without presenting any personal feelings and bringing kindness to the topic. I learned a lot watching this and would love to see more videos on little known topics.
@benjaminmadeira8442
December 4, 2024 at 10:08 am
Biased views on cults.
@TechnoSpice
December 4, 2024 at 10:36 am
The only difference between a religion and a cult is how much real estate they own. In our country, we uphold “deeply held beliefs” to be as revered as highly as facts, which really trains people not to think critically and justifies believing whatever you want to put faith in over whatever has evidence. It creates a critical thinking swamp that people are a lot more likely to get stuck in.
@elaine9276
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 am
If I wasn’t looking at him I’d be convinced it was John Malcovitch talking.
@raptordoesyoutube107
December 4, 2024 at 12:23 pm
4:54 “religious organization have Democratic governance, checks and balances, transparency and accountability. You are not made to feel like you have turned against god by leaving a particular church.” In what way does this apply to any established religious organization?
@imalsoscarlet8466
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 pm
He’s describing Christianity lol
@alessandramia111
December 4, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Really love this video but astrology is a super ancient and complex system that is overshadowed by pop culture’s version of it. If you dig deeper, it actually gets very specific. Like people with heavy Capricorn placements are stern about grammar and often have broad shoulders. Not saying that every single thing is correct, but it’s a lot more broad and complicated than reading a list of signs. No one’s birth chart or points are exactly the same, but Astrology is very much watered down in this culture. You can also use it to anticipate certain events, life shifts, and new relationships if you study it. I loved this talk but just had to say Astrology goes way deeper than that. It can be learned about without cults though!
@Kittycakes22
December 4, 2024 at 2:08 pm
The trump cult will end us all
@MasterhpIke
December 4, 2024 at 7:41 pm
There is no Trump cult, just TDS
@FlowerofDissolution
December 4, 2024 at 2:10 pm
I wished you emphasized some way the second part of the video to make sure everyone knew WHAT to look out for! Why not do that? = after just 1:30~ish
Edit: why does YouTube have to make that comment so weird in colors?!!
@briteredoctober
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 pm
“You are not made to feel that you’ve turned against God simply by leaving a particular Church.” Umm, the Vatican would like a word with you.
@GravesRWFiA
December 4, 2024 at 3:31 pm
the GOP! is not a cult, Leader Trump says so!!!
@MasterhpIke
December 4, 2024 at 7:41 pm
You are in a cult though. The gop is not in lock step with Trump dummy.
@SuBear7
December 4, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Judging by first question the army qualifies as a cult 🙂
@romulusdraco1801
December 4, 2024 at 4:48 pm
he talked about the Waco siege like a true government agent!
@evinonhalsmark2534
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 pm
I always feel a bit more sad when I hear “how could you be THAT stupid, it’s obvious!” completely missing that they use manipulation because it works
It seeks out the vulnerable after all, even “smart people” can’t avoid it at times
But they’ll still be tagged “dumb” like they deserve it and only feed that problem further…
@Estee.Ar.6869
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 pm
This sounds just like the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
@pokemonhothie1389
December 4, 2024 at 6:14 pm
Unpopular Opinion: All religions are a cult
@alliekat85
December 4, 2024 at 6:18 pm
If my name was Brigham, I’d have to super charismatic too
@MasterhpIke
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 pm
Biggest cult was the left pretending that Biden was ok to run for re election.
@Pinkclouds512
December 4, 2024 at 8:20 pm
Ooof there are some things in here that have been directly contradicted by experts..
@NatalieRath
December 4, 2024 at 11:35 pm
Isn’t gyms cults?
@BenjWarrant
December 5, 2024 at 2:55 am
Is it because they’re stupid? It’s because they’re stupid, isn’t it?
@Shazzyshell
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 am
Very human approach!
@Gr8dane85
December 5, 2024 at 4:54 am
Elon Musk
@JamesD-iw6pr
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 am
I disagree that the only reason cults are more prolific in the U.S being about ‘freedom’, as that I such an American thing of him to say. People are more lost in the U.S and lacking identity, so they go searching for meaning and a feeling of belonging to something. He obviously just doesn’t want to admit this because it makes his country look bad….which it is.
@neonhalos
December 5, 2024 at 11:00 am
it’s true, though. america affords a far broader sense of what constitutes a “religion” than other countries. that’s not a “win” for america and he didn’t come off as insinuating as such. he was merely stating that, per the 1st amendment, religion is protected and it can be abused by cults to “legitimize” their movements as “religions,” as was the case with scientology.
though i do agree that there is a “lack of identity” in the USA because the country itself is a melting pot of multiple cultures. there really isn’t one cohesive “culture” that can be attributed in the traditional sense. this is beneficial in many ways, but most americans are accused of “not having a culture” by people in the UK or france or wherever else, merely because the country’s “history” as a unified nation is less than 300 years old compared to countries who have thousands of years worth of culture behind them. american culture gets boiled down to “muh freedoms” in memes. of course americans will feel lost when everywhere else in the world tells them as much.
@plasticflower
December 5, 2024 at 6:44 am
Japan is the land of cults. Both in the extended sense (worshipping pop idols) and the “classical” sense, because there is hardly any institutionalized religion, which allows cults to fill a void that’s maybe not as big in many other countries.
@purplesomething3442
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 am
I mean I would argue that Mormonism still fits the description of a cult. At least some factions.
@neonhalos
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 am
the FLDS for sure is a cult. with regular mormons, it definitely seems to vary.
@MiKytsune
December 5, 2024 at 9:18 am
As someone who was raised in a family cult and have faced decades of healing, it’s nice to see that others are finally seeing what we forgotten victims have been through.
@shepshape2585
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 am
Let me clarify a few things: You know you’re in a cult if you wear a red hat, or if you are the member of any religion. He’s so wrong in saying that you’re not made to feel like you’ve turned against god if you leave your religion. Name one. Scientology? Mormonism? Judaism? Islam? Hinduism? Amish? In every religion you are shunned if you leave the church. Some shunning is passive, but most are very aggressive. Your family disowns you, your friends disown you, and in some cases it leads to violence against you. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that your religion is not a cult. It is.
@EvilWhiteColonialist
December 5, 2024 at 10:28 am
Man you represented Waco so incorrectly, if it were a person, you’d be charged with slander. It was that bad.
@TheControlsTech
December 5, 2024 at 10:43 am
GOP right now 🙊🙈🙉
@SoftNesya
December 5, 2024 at 11:25 am
6:06 this question is so funny to me lmao
@silvarace
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 am
12:12 oh lawd they gon get him
@rychei5393
December 5, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Trump is a narc… absolutely a cult leader. Mormonism is also absolutely a cult, though less destructive. Also some people can be a part of a cult, while not affected by the loyalty cults require. Controversially, two other destructive cult leaders: Gandhi and Mother Teresa.
@pelegshilo6358
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 pm
I went to a middle school who was run by a “cult”, but after watching this video, I realize that they really aren’t. They have none of the signs talked about. No charismatic leader, no strict control over member’s lives, no issues with asking questions, and no abuse (at least to the depth at which I’ve been exposed to). Seems like they might have been in the past but since the cult leader died it changed. Now they’re just weird but harmless hippies.
@tricky778
December 5, 2024 at 2:12 pm
Americans are so susceptible to cults because the state there is not its own cult.
@thewillow3457
December 5, 2024 at 2:35 pm
This guy is a trumper clearly. Trump supporters ARE in a cult. Period.
@og_epicsimulator
December 5, 2024 at 2:48 pm
13:36 It’s interesting that the first amendment protects religious beliefs/ideology, yet so many americans – typically “right wing” – who are insistent on their right to free speech and firearms will hatefully target religious people/groups they disagree with. So much for upholding the constitution lol.
@NihilisticJawbreaker
December 5, 2024 at 4:15 pm
As someone who was born into a cult, I always tell people that I wish I had joined it instead of being born in it. My reasoning is because people who join can always remember before the cult and for me there are only cult memories.
@tacothetyrant892
December 5, 2024 at 4:25 pm
Getting to watch Rick Ross put Keith Rainere on blast for being the disgusting little creep he is is truly a sight to behold
@paulswanson1794
December 5, 2024 at 5:18 pm
Genuinely surprised no questions about freemasonry. We get called a satanic cult so much it dulls the words, despite every position being democratically voted for, us being encouragemed to involve/help each others friends and families instead of cutting them off, and satanism being the only disallowed religion.
@Goldfish-10
December 5, 2024 at 6:15 pm
That is not what he said in the 2016 GQ article about Trump. 👀 Sounds like the orange Kool-Aid got to him…
@kevinplant2128
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 pm
Don’t forget that in Waco, it was the police who set the fire, not the Davidians
@alexcheshire8845
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 pm
He STANKY 😂 @NXVIM chapter
@cookeepuff
December 5, 2024 at 8:09 pm
Anyone wondering what makes Americans succeptible or who feels like cult definitions need updating should check out The Knitting Cult Lady. She is very knowledgeable and is working on a book about how America is FULL of a wide variety of cults.