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Osakagreg

(111 posts) Sun Mar 5, 2017, 01:44 PM Mar 2017

Has Trump created the most successful political cult in history? [View all]

The more I think about it, the less I am able to identify his administration and followers any other way. He is a cult leader. He is brainwashing his followers with lies.

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Has Trump created the most successful political cult in history? [View all] Osakagreg Mar 2017 OP

No. It already existed and it's actually quite small leftstreet Mar 2017 #1

+1 ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #2

Agree, disagree Cosmocat Mar 2017 #11

Nope. dalton99a Mar 2017 #3

No, but it is a cult of personality. meadowlander Mar 2017 #4

Mao, Stalin, and Hitler Big Blue Marble Mar 2017 #5

Hell, Louis XIV comes to mind. malthaussen Mar 2017 #6

I agree Nancy Waterman Mar 2017 #7

It's not successful. If it was we would not recognize it as cult like. McCamy Taylor Mar 2017 #8

Far from it... Chitown Kev Mar 2017 #9

If you watched the Leah Remini show about Scientology you will notice similarities to chump kimbutgar Mar 2017 #10