Before members of a cult will go against their cult leader, something really bad has to happen.

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Michael Cohen and Lev Parnas know this but most of the cult still haven't figured it out.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Often they are so brainwashed that they'll go down with the cult leader

rather than turn against him. Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. Applewhite and Heaven's Gate. So far, the GOP Senate.

[NotASurfer]

2. Sometimes they all decide to drink the nice Kool-Aid

And sing happy songs of praise to Dear Leader as they begin to fall lifeless to the floor, until all is darkness, and silence

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3. I had a friend who got into a religious cult right after we were in college.

She was in it for 7 years, and did not come to her senses until a child died from lack of medical treatment. I think the dynamic with Trump is similar.

Unfortunately something bad enough to make Republicans come to their senses will be very bad for all of us...

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. they are the ultimate kool aid klub.

[Runningdawg]

5. Do you know the difference between the Jones cult and Trump cult?

Jones cult members killed themselves. Trump cult members want to kill everyone else.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. They drank the kool aid because armed guards

Were going to shoot them if they didn't.

I remember that well. Those people weren't given a choice.

That was part of what made it so horrendous.

[Midnight Writer]

7. And many were actually shot. Also bodies were found off in the jungle where they had fled.

It was not a peaceful ending.

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. It was ghastly. And it was on the news for days.

A visiting Senator was killed too. He had flown in.

And those people were so isolated in that jungle that they couldn't just sneak off. Where would they have gone to?

[Azathoth]

13. That's not entirely true

Listen to the recordings. A few people were openly challenging what was happening, but most of them willingly killed themselves because of group pressure, not because a soldier had a pistol to their head.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. 11/17/2017. Rolling Stone.

This is a fascinating look at the murder/suicide .

It was complicated. In some ways Jim Jones was kind of like Trump. He liked Hitler. He wanted total control. But his followers were the opposite of Trump's. They were good people who wanted to do good in the world.

This article in Rolling Stone is fascinating.

I can't send a link from my phone but maybe someone else can. I just googled Jim Jones and it came up.

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8. Jones cult members killed a few outsiders, including a Congressman.

Trump can destroy all life on the planet if he feels like it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. Those may not have been cult members. They

may have just been armed mercenaries if some sort.

[Runningdawg]

11. Yep Jones never had his finger on the button.

Jones never had the power to destroy the Constitution and all life as we know it.
Trump does. And as for the people who refuse like the kool aid drinkers? He has militias in place to make sure they comply.

[Nancy Waterman]

12. Exactly what my post is about

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212911859