sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhich hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies?message-squaremessage-square196linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhich hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies?sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square196linkfedilink
minus-squarecsverdad@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·1 month agoCommunism. There’s iconography, a separate way of using language, chanting, gatherings, books, meetings, clothing, hero mythology, doomsday plans of a revolution not unlike a rapture, and in some sects there are charismatic leaders and polyamory.
minus-squareMaysaMayako@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoCommunism isn’t a hobby or a lifestyle tho? its a political ideology.
minus-squareSCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoJust because something is a political ideology, doesn’t mean it can’t also be a hobby.
minus-squarecsverdad@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·1 month agoIn the US in 2025 it bears a strong resemblance to a hobby at times. No shade intended either. I’m a card-carrying member myself.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agothats a political ideology identiy, it isnt a cult.
minus-squarecsverdad@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoA political ideology with cult-like tendencies.
Communism. There’s iconography, a separate way of using language, chanting, gatherings, books, meetings, clothing, hero mythology, doomsday plans of a revolution not unlike a rapture, and in some sects there are charismatic leaders and polyamory.
Communism isn’t a hobby or a lifestyle tho? its a political ideology.
Just because something is a political ideology, doesn’t mean it can’t also be a hobby.
In the US in 2025 it bears a strong resemblance to a hobby at times. No shade intended either. I’m a card-carrying member myself.
thats a political ideology identiy, it isnt a cult.
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A political ideology with cult-like tendencies.
I don’t think that’s a hobby…