Cultish Bossbabe 0 ▲ Science matters 46 days ago · Culture · hide · Fediverse post Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (2021) Amanda Montell [R by Bigpurplehatguy] whom we've met "Wordslut" before. Like, most recently, other Blobs about words, their use and derivation, Cultish gets deep in the weeds of etymology. For Montell, 'cults' cover a wide spectrum towards extremes of malignant narcissism, Jonestown, Guyana and Reichsparteitag Nürnburg. Der Triumph des Kults is partly achieved by repeating a subset of the lexicon together. If you say something often enough it becomes, if not truth, at least the default. Thus, many objectively successful people believe in [their own] Meritocracy [prev Michael "Harvard Philosophy" Sandel]. In the pubs and clubs adjacent to Silicon Valley, it is a very easy flip to conclude that those at Grade 5 and below have failed through lack of merit and deserve their fate among the drones of late-stage capitalism.I used to be quite smug about never being a member of anything "I was never a boy-scout". Then I signed up to MetaFilter . . .… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
