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Benjamin Cain

·Feb 11

Indeed, it's pretty cult-like. But what happens when a cult becomes a religion, and when millions of people are subject to a grotesque mass hallucination or daydream? At that point we have the makings of a dystopia.

Suppose there’s a group traveling about your area, led by a charismatic speaker who claims the…
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