Drama Alert! Another YTber is calling us a cult! 😈☦️

[Carl-Richard]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

@Carl-Richard I will throw every human under the bus on epistemology. If you don't like it, tough.

Along with the "proper definition created by cult researcher and cult deprogramming expert Steven Hassan".

[Leo Gura]

Steven Hassan is not teaching epistemology. He is teaching about cults. And his teachings are spot-on.

If you want to actually understand what a cult is, read his book.

Edited 4 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Osaid]

If a cult is "excessive admiration towards a single group leader", which seems to be the standard definition, then I think deception and manipulation is inherent in maintaining a hierarchy like that.

The word cult is apt, but like many other psychological terms, it is co-opted and slung around for shallow insults by the majority, which causes it to lose its meaning.

The most powerful words have lost their meaning in this way, like God, justice, love, etc., because using such words is an easy way to appear powerful.