Soit's a newwayforyoutounderstandtheworldandyourroleintheworldandit's exclusiveinthatyou'reledtobelievethatitistheonlywaytothinkitistheonlytruebeliefsystemandit's inclusiveinthatwhenyouarepartofthat, youfeellikeyou're a memberoftheelite, you'respecialandthoseotherpeoplewhoaren't partofit.
Oneofthethingsyoumightnoticewhenwelookatcultsisthatpeoplearesometimesdoingthingsthatseemunbelievabletothoseofusontheoutside, whywouldsomeonegorob a bankwhoneverwouldhavedonesomethinglikethatbefore?
Therewere t shirtsthatareexpressingtheirbeliefortheirlovefor a certainidea, orthere's obviouslythekindofparaphernaliathatisfamiliarfromthoseofuswho'vestudiedcults, thosekindsofslogansareveryuseful.
Weknowfromourstudiesofcultsthatonethingthattheyareclosedsystems, I callthemselvessealingsystems, thesortofcleverbutalsodangerousaspectoftheonlinecommunitiesisthewaythealgorithmsworkandsothatyouclickonsomethingandbeforeyouknowityou'resomethingelsepopsupandthenyouclickonthatandyougetleddownthesepathswithoutmaybeevenrealizingwhereyou'regoingandwithouthavingtimetothinkaboutit.
Thereis a riskinbanningthesegroupsfromthemorepublicsocialmediawhichhashappenedwithsomeofthegroupsandthentheygotothemoresecretivesocialmediaplatforms, it's likefallingdowntherabbitholebeforeyouknowit, you'relikelostin a worldoflikemindedthinkersandthinkyoufound a communitythatyoufeelpartofandyou'regonetothepeoplewhoknewyoubefore.
Wedon't necessarilyseeoneleaderstandinguptobethecharismaticleader, buttheremaybedifferentpeoplewhoplaythatroleatdifferenttimeswhen Q wasatitspeakandhewassendingoutmessagesand I thinkpeopledidactuallyseehimas a mysticaluntouchablecharismaticMessianicleader.
Thatwe'reharmingtheamericanpublicjustabouteverybody I knowhassomebodyintheirfamilyorintheirsocialnetwork, whohasbeenlosttothemwithpoliticaldivisionsinAmericaatanalltimehigh.