I think whether it’s cultism depends on what model one has of how cults work. I don’t know much about it so I might be totally ignorant, but I think a major factor is just engaging in a futile, draining activity powered by popularity, so one needs to carefully preserve resources and maintain appearances.
Huh, I guess you mean cult in a broader “polarization” sense? Like, where are the democratic and republican parties on the cultishness scale in your model?
Huh, I guess you mean cult in a broader “polarization” sense?
Idk, my main point of reference is I recently read is Some Desperate Glory, which was about a cult of terrorists. Polarization generally implies a balanced conflict which isn’t really futile.
Like, where are the democratic and republican parties on the cultishness scale in your model?
I don’t know much about how they work internally. Democracy is a weird systen because you’ve got the adversarial thing that would make it less futile but also the popularity contest thing that would make it more narcissistic and thus more cultish.
I think whether it’s cultism depends on what model one has of how cults work. I don’t know much about it so I might be totally ignorant, but I think a major factor is just engaging in a futile, draining activity powered by popularity, so one needs to carefully preserve resources and maintain appearances.
Huh, I guess you mean cult in a broader “polarization” sense? Like, where are the democratic and republican parties on the cultishness scale in your model?
Idk, my main point of reference is I recently read is Some Desperate Glory, which was about a cult of terrorists. Polarization generally implies a balanced conflict which isn’t really futile.
I don’t know much about how they work internally. Democracy is a weird systen because you’ve got the adversarial thing that would make it less futile but also the popularity contest thing that would make it more narcissistic and thus more cultish.