The Psychology of Political Cults (Patreon)

How To Create A Political Cult

Political cults are alive and well. We need to identify what they are and know their history so that we can avoid the pitfalls of cults and cult-like behaviour. Title Card Video: Midsommar by Ari Aster Title Card Audio: Baldur’s Gate 3 Main Menu OST Introduction - 0:00 What Are Cults? - 4:30 How To Start A Political Cult - 12:34 Political Cults in Action I - 17:15 Skit - 22:41 Political Cults in Action II - 23:41 How To Avoid Political Cults - 27:46 Outro - 32:14 Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO?si=XCvFfCf5RM--WiCRHTUjgw&dl_branch=1 = Sources & Resources: https://sociologydictionary.org/cult/ Iatrogenic Symptoms Associated with a Therapy Cult by John Hochman - doi:10.1080/00332747.1984.11024257 Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry by Robert Jay Lifton Responding to Authoritarian Cults and Extreme Exploitations by Steven Hassan & Thomas Gutheil - https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/responding-to-authoritarian-cults-and-extreme-exploitations-a-new-framework-to-evaluate-undue-influence On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left by Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion by Anthony R. Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja Lalich Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman Salvation and Suicide by David Chidester Introduction to ‘Ideological Intransigence, Democratic Centralism and Cultism’ MOVE - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion by Marc Galanter Ex-MOVE members say they were raised in a ‘cult’ where abuse and homophobia ran rampant https://www.murderatryansrun.com/ https://leavingmove2021.blogspot.com/ Introduction to ‘Ideological Intransigence, Democratic Centralism and Cultism’ https://www.tumblr.com/timemachineyeah/646587752285077504/my-hypothesis-is-that-in-like-10-years-gen-z-is