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What do you think is the best course of action to address cult movements, either as a whole or on an individual level? (piefed.world)

submitted 1 year ago by s@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Recently heard about Rajneeshpuram and it got me wondering

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[–] s@piefed.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, the situation got resolved when harm came in. You gotta commit an actual crime to be punished right?

I was meaning more so addressing the beliefs in absurdities before they result in committing atrocities, to paraphrase Voltaire.

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[–] lung@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah you can't do a thought police

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[–] s@piefed.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I can’t do a thought police, but that is categorically what cults do. It’s not thought policing to advise people to be wary of thought policing or to promote scientific literacy and empathy.

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[–] lung@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Yeah sure you can do that but people won't listen. What I mean by thought police is actually doing policing, like "no you can't say that or we will arrest you" which goes against the idea of freedom of speech. It's reminiscent of when ussr was jailing karate teachers

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