I’m taking the view that most people would think it’s an onerous requirement and they’re not willing to jump through those hoops, not that it’s a cult. It just doesn’t tick the boxes of that, unless we’re defining that so widely as to include, I dunno, the typical “be a good fit for the workplace culture!” requirement that lots of jobs annoyingly have.
It’s obviously much closer to “pay several hundred thousand dollars to be trained at an institution for 4-6 years (an institution that only considers you worthy if your essay about your personality, life goals, values, and how they combat racism is a good match to their mission), and then either have several years of experience or do an unpaid internship with us to have a good chance” than it is to the Peoples Temple. To say otherwise is, as I said, obviously ridiculous hyperbole.
I’m taking the view that most people would think it’s an onerous requirement and they’re not willing to jump through those hoops, not that it’s a cult. It just doesn’t tick the boxes of that, unless we’re defining that so widely as to include, I dunno, the typical “be a good fit for the workplace culture!” requirement that lots of jobs annoyingly have.
It’s obviously much closer to “pay several hundred thousand dollars to be trained at an institution for 4-6 years (an institution that only considers you worthy if your essay about your personality, life goals, values, and how they combat racism is a good match to their mission), and then either have several years of experience or do an unpaid internship with us to have a good chance” than it is to the Peoples Temple. To say otherwise is, as I said, obviously ridiculous hyperbole.