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Anon looks into cults (sh.itjust.works)
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[+] -15 points 1 year ago (11 children)

it's really just americans (and maybe places heavily influenced by america ideologically I dunno) they really aren't a major problem elsewhere noone really joins cults in the uk

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    China had a serious problem with cults, while Japan and Korea are heavily influenced by America, I don't see that reflected in their cults.

    Its not like the UK is less influenced by America than places were the average person has seen like 1 American TV show or movie.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Isn't/wasn't the Jesus Army cult UK based? Like, the USA just has a LOT more people than the UK does, it makes sense for there to be more people that fall into fringe groups. But the UK certainly isn't immune to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Poor education, lack of a culture of walking/socializing/eating in cities (overall different city life) and the isolation of suburban car life encouraging engagement only in your preferred echo chambers /// living in the middle of nowhere seems like an amazing recipe to make many Americans predisposed to cults way more than many other countries/world

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I've never heard of them but it's always annoying whenever someone says something is worse in america americans will go "hurr durr america bigger so more thing happen" as though the rest of the world isn't aware of per capita measurements it's not just numerically a way higher percentage of americans join cults a lot of americans are predisposed to extreme religious views and searching for solutions to societal problems in religion like here that just really isn't normal here most people aren't that religious and it's considered really weird and abnormal for someone to think a rapture or whatever will be the solution to a societal problem people would just laugh at you cults don't get taken seriously here they're funny

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    When looking at the kind of person most likely to fall victim to the cults, many people are surprised by the findings. The following are characteristics of the most likely cult recruit and suggest that the person:

    1. Is from an economically sound family background.

2. Has average to above average intelligence.

3. Has a good education.

4. Is idealistic.

    Most cults can recruit and control a person in a matter of three or four days.

    https://cultinformation.org.uk/mobile/articles/cult-concerns-an-overview-of-cults-and-their-harmful-methods-in-the-uk/

    I think you're just perpetuating your own opinions about this, instead of any sort of facts.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    And for the majority of Americans cults just get laughed at as well. At least until it started leaking into politics, but that is being seen in many other countries now, too.

    A lot of Americans are doing horrible things, and there definitely is something about the culture here that affects that, as you don't see the mass shooting and school shooting issues in other parts of the world as strongly. But coming at this saying that it doesn't really happen outside of the USA and that it doesn't happen in the UK is just ridiculous. If you make a statement that infers you don't understand per capital, then you'll get a reply making that rebuttal.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Are you quite sure?

    When the word cult is mentioned, some people may think not only of the tragedy in Waco, Texas but also of Jonestown and the murder/suicides there on l8 November l978, when 913 died following the order of Rev. Jim Jones to drink cyanide laced Kool-Aid.

    Both of these cases instantly became the focus of the worlds attention. Since the two groups were U.S. based, there is a danger that many people in the U.K. may consider the cult issue to be a North American problem and one that does not affect people here in Britain. They do so at their peril.

    Figures quoted for the UK usually indicate 500+ cults in operation here. On a per capita basis the U.K. has a similar problem with the number of cults to that of the U.S.

    https://cultinformation.org.uk/mobile/articles/cult-concerns-an-overview-of-cults-and-their-harmful-methods-in-the-uk/

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