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This reduces the meaning of "control" to be completely useless. "Combating mind control" kind of loses its edge if you're going to war with book clubs.

• forkandwait 7y ago
  Control is both enabling and disabling, depending on the specifics; I think that is an important lesson that can come from looking at "cults". Examples of enabling control: Learning math was forced on me as a child (unlike reading, I hated doing problems), but its importance to my life cannot be overstated. I join exercise classes to control myself and make sure that I get healthier. Etc. While there is a lot of difference between these and a "cult", I think the point of the OP is that control isn't simply bad.
  • solipsism 7y ago
    And yet that doesn't change the point of this thread -- that it's going too far to say all human organizations exert control over their members.
    • forkandwait 7y ago
      I think the point of the thread is a discussion of whether "all human organizations exert control..." You disagree, but I think the statement under question is basically correct. Your last reply doesn't add any support to your position.