Cults (which I'd define as groups that respond to criticism/mockery of their sacred cows with action instead of argument) aren't new. They've been rising, takin

Cults (which I'd define as groups that respond to criticism/mockery of their sacred cows with action instead of argument) aren't new. They've been rising, taking over huge territories and then falling, since the dawn of history. It's just a bug in human nature. The early internet was anti-cult and insisted on actual arguments, and I thought it would endure, but it's over now.