MAGA Is a Cult, and Trump Is Their Leader
Below is my paraphrase of ten warning signs that a group of people and/or their leader might be a cult. I got the list from the website for the Cult Education Institute (link below). Perhaps it's humorous; perhaps it's compelling - I'll let you decide. Since 2016 I have spent a great deal of time pondering just what it is that makes Trump so impervious to any sort of critical evaluation by Senate Republicans (Hiya, Mitch) and/or the MAGA crew. Perhaps it's easier for me to be critical, because I disagreed with so many of his stated policy goals right from the start. But I have many friends and family members that identify as being conservative and/or Republican. They are good and decent people; but I um utterly and exhaustively stumped that many of them still don't understand what an awful person he is - far beyond any policy disagreements. I implore everyone - for the good of our country - do your part to see that he is not re-elected in 2020.
Ten Warning Signs of a Potentially Unsafe Group/President.
- Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability. (Trump)
- No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry. (Trump)
- No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement. (Trump)
- Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions. (Trump/MAGA)
- There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil. (Trump/MAGA)
- Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances. (Many former cabinet members)
- There are records, books, news articles, or television programs that document the abuses of the president. (Trump)
- Followers feel they can never be "good enough". (Trump's children; also reflective of his own relationship with his father)
- The president is always right. (Trump/MAGA)
- The president is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible. (Trump/MAGA)
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