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\n"Wha t makes cults so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we&rsqu o\;re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join- and more importantly\, stay in-extreme groups. We secretly want to know: c ould it happen to me? Amanda Montell&rsquo\;s argument is that\, on some l evel\, it already has . . . Our culture tends to provide pretty flimsy ans wers to questions of cult influence\, mostly having to do with vague talk of brainwashing. But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-co ntrol wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish\, Montell argues that the key to ma nufacturing intense ideology\, community\, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones\, cultish langua ge is something we hear-and are influenced by-every single day. Through ju icy storytelling and cutting original research\, Montell exposes the verba l elements that make a wide spectrum of communities cultish\, revealing ho w they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven&rsquo\;s Gate\, b ut also how they pervade our modern start-ups\, Peloton leaderboards\, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny\, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatic al language of cultish everywhere." -- Amazon
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