Comment on Notes on Brainwashing & 'Cults'

Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:47:41 GMT

That doesn't even make sense as an answer.

Of course it makes sense. As I've already claimed, cults are not engaged in some sort of predatory 'brainwashing' where they exploit cognitive flaws to just moneypump people with their ultra-advanced psychological techniques: they offer value in return for value received, just like businesses need to offer value to their customers, and nonprofits need to offer some sort of value to their funders. And these cults have plenty of established competition, so it makes sense that they'd usually fail. Just like businesses and nonprofits have huge mortality rates.

Rest likewise doesn't seem in any way contradictory to the point I am making, but is posed as such.

I've given counter-examples and criticized your claims. Seems contradictory to me.

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