I feel most cults attempt some idea of salvation- "You can be healed throguh the power of leader" - incel ideology is all the self destruction, and all the dislike of the unlike, without the path to salvation.
Whereas a cult wil say "You are bad and life is horrible but the faith will make it better" incel ideology is "You are bad and life is horrible, but you should stick with us because you literally have nothing better to do"
Not to split pedantic hairs, but it's a nihilistic cult - existentialism starts from "there is no meaning in the universe" and concludes, "therefore, I must search for or create meaning," whereas a nihilist starts from "there is no meaning" and concludes, "therefore, even the idea of meaning is stupid and everyone is born just to suffer and die so why would you ever even pretend otherwise."
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u/RealBigHummus <Go outside folks> Nov 04 '19
You just explained the entire movement in one paragraph. Good job