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It’s a cult
We really gotta stop having those
Sadly, those same instincts to form nonsensical cults is also how we cooperated well enough and long enough to get to where we are now as a species.
What if and hear me out on this we tried to improve instead of just finding excuses to suck
For sure.
When you figure out how to keep people from falling into toxic cults that want nothing more than to manipulate their followers and/or end humanity, let me know.
People who improve past the lizard brain/stone age way of thinking to escape from and recognize cults, generally aren't the kind of people who we're worried about in the first place.
Teach critical thinking nurture robust inner life get their needs met by a sane external community inclusivity useful too its more preventative