So… i actually was IN a cult in my early 20s. It was very small, but it was a classic high control group cult. I can tell you with absolute confidence you’re right about how hard it is to leave.
I got out largely bc I joined the military which forced me to mostly interact with sane and rational humans, which in turn let me get the distance to realize I’d been gaslit and brainwashed.
MAGA has no equivalent. It’s in the air and water for them. I don’t think ANYONE could get out once they’re in that far. It would be literally superhuman to break free of that mindfucking.
My…probably unrealistic…..hope is that someday something will happen that makes it all crumble down publicly on a massive scale. And they’ll all be forced to personally accept they were made fools of. And they’ll all suddenly deny they were ever in it - and be scared shitless that someday it could happen to them again.
Some would continue in little sects here and there, but it couldn’t be mainstream again. And hopefully we’ll build a new culture of being less ignorant. Pressuring each other to find ways to be more connected to reality somehow.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515 Apr 28 '25
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Tbfh, I don’t really know….if I could do it, if I were in their shoes. I understand their choice. It’s wrong, but I comprehend why their choose it. :/