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Take the cult test. Apply it to a company you work at. See how you feel: https://cult-escape.com/cult-test/ https://cult-escape.com/cult-test/

extragood 4y ago
They don't mind us reading critical works, but they do prophesize the end of the world.. hmm
xpe 4y ago
There are common dynamics. The penalties for leaving vary, but still, leaving a group you feel connected with always hurts.
martopix 4y ago
I cannot stress how much this applies to academia
kelseyfrog 4y ago
I mean you could do the same thing with the abstract ideas of post-marginal revolution economics and its adherents and get a positive result so the test is obviously wrong.
- Schroedingersat 4y ago
  I can't even tell if this is a poe. Well done.
  - xpe 4y ago
    I can't even figure out what a poe is. Here at least.
  - kelseyfrog 4y ago
    Thank you.
partiallypro 4y ago
Honestly, apply it to your political party. I've come to see both parties can be very cultish as of late. If you leave the herd, you are immediately attacked even if it's for the smallest topic. People leave their families over it. When you start to think about it...it's starts to fall a bit into that. I think that is a more compelling argument than saying family itself is a cult, which is at the human core more than a political party.
- 13of40 4y ago
  I got basically a zero score when I did it for my company (except the separation one, which I guess is analogous to quitting) but when I tried my country I got a pretty good score - 8/10 (Edit: To be clear I'm not a member of a political party so I can't try that one.)
  - lmm 4y ago
    That doesn't sound so implausible. Many countries are cult-like and many people, even those who think of themselves as liberal, have a very cult-like nationalism.
  - mcv 4y ago
    I decided to do it for my church, and got zero. I think most companies and countries score higher than that. Although even for my country I could only honestly give a point for the title. (No idea if it's the king or the prime minister who counts as the leader here, but it's an impressive title. There's plenty of laws, but they don't restrict much on the relational front. Well, there's restrictions on marrying children, and criminal jobs are illegal, so that might be another point.)
- lazyeye 4y ago
  A good indication of a cult is that there is a shopping list of specific core beliefs (say 20) you are expected to believe. And you believe 19 of them but on the 20th you have a slightly different view. If this causes you to be banished and ostracised, then it's probably a cult. JK Rowling would be an example of this.
darthrupert 4y ago
10/10. Funny or alarming?
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extragood 4y ago

They don't mind us reading critical works, but they do prophesize the end of the world.. hmm

xpe 4y ago

There are common dynamics. The penalties for leaving vary, but still, leaving a group you feel connected with always hurts.

martopix 4y ago

I cannot stress how much this applies to academia

kelseyfrog 4y ago

I mean you could do the same thing with the abstract ideas of post-marginal revolution economics and its adherents and get a positive result so the test is obviously wrong.

Schroedingersat 4y ago
I can't even tell if this is a poe. Well done.
- xpe 4y ago
  I can't even figure out what a poe is. Here at least.
- kelseyfrog 4y ago
  Thank you.

partiallypro 4y ago

Honestly, apply it to your political party. I've come to see both parties can be very cultish as of late. If you leave the herd, you are immediately attacked even if it's for the smallest topic. People leave their families over it. When you start to think about it...it's starts to fall a bit into that. I think that is a more compelling argument than saying family itself is a cult, which is at the human core more than a political party.

13of40 4y ago
I got basically a zero score when I did it for my company (except the separation one, which I guess is analogous to quitting) but when I tried my country I got a pretty good score - 8/10 (Edit: To be clear I'm not a member of a political party so I can't try that one.)
- lmm 4y ago
  That doesn't sound so implausible. Many countries are cult-like and many people, even those who think of themselves as liberal, have a very cult-like nationalism.
- mcv 4y ago
  I decided to do it for my church, and got zero. I think most companies and countries score higher than that. Although even for my country I could only honestly give a point for the title. (No idea if it's the king or the prime minister who counts as the leader here, but it's an impressive title. There's plenty of laws, but they don't restrict much on the relational front. Well, there's restrictions on marrying children, and criminal jobs are illegal, so that might be another point.)
lazyeye 4y ago
A good indication of a cult is that there is a shopping list of specific core beliefs (say 20) you are expected to believe. And you believe 19 of them but on the 20th you have a slightly different view. If this causes you to be banished and ostracised, then it's probably a cult. JK Rowling would be an example of this.

darthrupert 4y ago

10/10. Funny or alarming?

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