Cults and Religions
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Does Woke means a cult?
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Woke social justice warriors have become cult-like in some ways yes. Similar to the political cult of Trump in the US. Blind partisan support for one ideology. Being "woke" doesnt mean you automatically have this cult-like attribute but many wokesters do have a cult mindset and literally think that affirmative action for minorities is like more important than solving homelessness in the US.
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From my limited exposure to the emerging facts around the event, I understand it to be something of an infamous myth that most members drank the Kool-Aid willingly, if at all. Once people started dying of the Kool-Aid, others started panicking. A great deal of them were shot by "True Believers" who then went on to drink the Kool-Aid themselves, unless I'm quite mistaken.
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Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.
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I think you’re thinking of Jim Jones and his cult. With Heaven’s Gate they all went willingly. When you watch their “exit videos”, just days before they were “beamed up” to a spaceship that would take them to the “Next Evolutionary Level Above Humans”, or read their farewell statements on their (still running) website, you can tell that they really did believe in it all. They really felt that by killing their “human vehicle” their soul would be released and they would ascend. Before all that they spent a great deal of time attempting to strip themselves of all desires, of anything that made them human, over years and years so they could ascend (some went as far as castrating themselves)Coëmgenu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:29 amFrom my limited exposure to the emerging facts around the event, I understand it to be something of an infamous myth that most members drank the Kool-Aid willingly, if at all. Once people started dying of the Kool-Aid, others started panicking. A great deal of them were shot by "True Believers" who then went on to drink the Kool-Aid themselves, unless I'm quite mistaken.
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I think many humans are cult oriented.
They are either followers of a cult or like to be a leader of a cult.
As you know I watch a lot of Youtube videos.
What I have seen is when you like a particular Youtuber, his followers basically worship them.
They never question the presenter.
I have seen this in political campaigns or even in your favorite football team or your favorite monk.
People accept them unequivocally.
They are either followers of a cult or like to be a leader of a cult.
As you know I watch a lot of Youtube videos.
What I have seen is when you like a particular Youtuber, his followers basically worship them.
They never question the presenter.
I have seen this in political campaigns or even in your favorite football team or your favorite monk.
People accept them unequivocally.
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No, it does not meet the criteria listed in the earlier post by DNS.
There is no leader, no rules that must be followed, no mind altering practices, no isolation, etc.
"Woke" can be a verb or an adjective, per Dictionary.com, and is often used in a disparaging manner to describe persons who adhere to certain political beliefs.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/woke
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Perhaps the so-called Woke groups might have the characteristics of a cult.Justsit wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:02 pmNo, it does not meet the criteria listed in the earlier post by DNS.
There is no leader, no rules that must be followed, no mind altering practices, no isolation, etc.
"Woke" can be a verb or an adjective, per Dictionary.com, and is often used in a disparaging manner to describe persons who adhere to certain political beliefs.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/woke
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I'm not sure what you mean by a "Woke Group?" Can you give an example?SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:18 pmPerhaps the so-called Woke groups might have the characteristics of a cult.Justsit wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:02 pmNo, it does not meet the criteria listed in the earlier post by DNS.
There is no leader, no rules that must be followed, no mind altering practices, no isolation, etc.
"Woke" can be a verb or an adjective, per Dictionary.com, and is often used in a disparaging manner to describe persons who adhere to certain political beliefs.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/woke
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Greetings,
See: Identity Politics
Metta,
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I believe he's referring to the left-wing identitarian movement that has arisen over the past decade or so.
See: Identity Politics
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Ever met a woke person? They are totally like cultists: driven, obsessive, authoritarian, black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking. Even if they have no leader, they behave as if they had one. They certainly have rules that must be followed, even if they don't always state them openly. They isolate themselves, draw sharp lines between themselves and others. As for mind altering practices: I guess the adrenaline, cortisole, and dopamine rushes they get from their self-righteousness function like "mind altering practices".
Western Buddhism is the perfect ideological supplement to rabid consumerist capitalism.
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How can a movent run without a leader?Radix wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:53 pmEver met a woke person? They are totally like cultists: driven, obsessive, authoritarian, black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking. Even if they have no leader, they behave as if they had one. They certainly have rules that must be followed, even if they don't always state them openly. They isolate themselves, draw sharp lines between themselves and others. As for mind altering practices: I guess the adrenaline, cortisole, and dopamine rushes they get from their self-righteousness function like "mind altering practices".
This is a very strong lobby group with some support and leadership.
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There is no single lobby group involved. There are any number of groups with individual interests and agendas and different leaders. That, to me, does not meet the definition of "A cult", if that's what we are still discussing.SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:03 pmHow can a movent run without a leader?Radix wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:53 pmEver met a woke person? They are totally like cultists: driven, obsessive, authoritarian, black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking. Even if they have no leader, they behave as if they had one. They certainly have rules that must be followed, even if they don't always state them openly. They isolate themselves, draw sharp lines between themselves and others. As for mind altering practices: I guess the adrenaline, cortisole, and dopamine rushes they get from their self-righteousness function like "mind altering practices".
This is a very strong lobby group with some support and leadership.
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Yes the main issue is cult is extremely vague. By some definitions almost every religion is a cult. by others, only a few small fringe groups.
"Do not have blind faith, but also no blind criticism" - the 14th Dalai Lama
"The Blessed One has set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by brahmins, devas, Maras, Brahmas or anyone in the cosmos." -Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
"The Blessed One has set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by brahmins, devas, Maras, Brahmas or anyone in the cosmos." -Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
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People often organize themselves around ideas. There needn't be an explicit leader, an ideology suffices.
Western Buddhism is the perfect ideological supplement to rabid consumerist capitalism.
Glenn Wallis
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