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mtstellens's review against another edition
4.0
Another book club book! Mostly a discussion around the use of language in cults and how that is a similar aspect to somethings that may not be considered traditional cults but are cultish. This includes MLMs and workout groups. I thought it was pretty good, it definitely clarified why some of these things feel like cults even if they don't really have a religious bent.
jxsu's review against another edition
4.0
really enjoyed this! i thought the spectrum of organizations the author analyzed was great and super interesting.
samithelearned's review against another edition
5.0
A really interesting investigation of American cults and near culty things. The analysis of the linguistics throughout made this feel like more than just falling into a Wikipedia rabbit hole. As someone fairly interested in linguistics and cults I'd say this has more cult content than linguistics but what do I know. Also a surprising amount of trump references
Off to join a few more cults just to be safe
4.5stars but I rounded up
Off to join a few more cults just to be safe
4.5stars but I rounded up