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[โ€“] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Evolutionary justification for cults:

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=%2Fcontext%2Ftheses_dissertations%2Farticle%2F1356%2F&path_info=best_2018.pdf

Cults tend to die with their leaders. I've listed many of the cults that died in this thread. Cults surviving the death of their leader is the exception.

[โ€“] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dude, who are you expecting to buy into this...

[โ€“] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You asked for sources and I gave them. You lost and you've been outed as a Trump apologist.

[โ€“] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

Lol. Come on now.