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June 21, 2016

Inside a cult, the only people who matter are Us,

and your identity as one of Us requires you to buy into whatever ideology defines the cult.
If you are not willing to constantly prove your loyalty to Us, you might be exiled and ostracized from the cult, becoming one of Them — and this, to the cult member, is a fate worse than death. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg chose the death penalty rather than to cooperate with the FBI and expose their Communist spy network. This is an extreme analogy, but the basic psychology is the same. - - The Other McCain

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 21, 2016 9:22 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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