When I said it was a cult, I didn’t realize it was literally a cult
A new religion, with Donald Trump seated at the right hand of The Lord, is forming before our very eyes.
A running theme in this newsletter is the similarities between the hard core MAGA movement and a new religious movement. It’s all there: a messiah figure who can literally do no wrong, followers who will tolerate absolutely no dissent, repetitive chanting designed to drown out independent thought, ostracism and even violence directed at heretics, holy scriptures, and even martyrs:
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