Which definition of a cult is that? Because there is no scientific definition. There are models for high-control organizations (a term used specifically because "cult" has too much baggage for scientific methods), and language is only one aspect of information control. Every single organization on Earth will create its own language for things. That alone doesn't mean they're high-control.

I've been in a high-control organization. It doesn't work like that, and I think diluting the term to cover such broad categories is insulting to people who have been there.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com -1 points 9 months ago

Saying something shares the mechanics of a cult is not insulting to someone who has been in a cult if that is what you mean.

Its a pattern I recognized. People fight over who is right and left, neo-contra-whatever. Its ultimately not informative and makes misunderstandings more common.

And what I‘m actually saying is that the media is controlled by the same people who benefit from us fighting instead of demanding housing prices go down immediately or wages go up accordingly. Its not that hard. We‘re just told its impossible.