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[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Cult - charismatic leader is still alive. Religion - charismatic leader is no longer alive. That's how I see it, at least.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I get that. I definitely leave my definition open for transfers of power from an initial leader to another authoritarian leader or surviving council of leaders that will keep the grift going.

Edit: Or for transfers of power from an initial group or figure of a generally helpful movement to those who would co-opt those ideas or movements for their own goals.

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