Want to Understand the Modern Democrat
Party? Look no Further than Apocalyptic Cults
American Thinker,
by
John Conlin
Original Article
Posted By: mc squared,
5/18/2025 12:16:50 PM
Apocalyptic cults provide a window on some amazing complex group dynamics. First, of course is the "apocalyptic" part. This is what they are best known for -- the world is going to end next Tuesday or the aliens will be arriving the first of the month to take the chosen to space heaven, or a hundred other crazed ideas.
The cults preach that the only way to “escape this impending doom is by joining the group, adhering to its leader's teachings, and following its prescribed rituals.”
For the Democrat party, the most recent apocalyptic tale is of course the horrors of climate change.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 5/18/2025 12:21:35 PM (No. 1951871)
They're just terrorists with an internally inconsistent manifesto.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
FJB 5/18/2025 12:31:48 PM (No. 1951876)
How can they get away with still calling themselves Americans? Newsmax is one of the few outlets with enough brass to call them what they are.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/18/2025 12:55:09 PM (No. 1951883)
Maybe, but a simpler explanation is that Satan is firmly in control of today's Democrat Party. You'll never convince me otherwise. There can be no other explanation for the evil we're seeing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 5/18/2025 1:11:34 PM (No. 1951892)
And yet - - and yet - - every "civilized" European nation has completely swallowed this chump bait. The apocalyptic cult is the official political position of nearly every European nation.
Go figure.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 5/18/2025 1:16:33 PM (No. 1951896)
I disagree with the author. There may be some cult similarities but in large the Democrats want dictatorial power to rule over the country.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
philsner 5/18/2025 1:18:18 PM (No. 1951897)
Nowhere in the article is it said that Satan isn't involved. The author merely and brilliantly explains how the apocalyptic cult operates. Is the apocalyptic cult Satanic? Without doubt. Further, in this case, it hasn't yet failed because the leftist media are members of the cult.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 5/18/2025 1:22:15 PM (No. 1951899)
And, like most other apocalyptic cults, the dems also require its followers to have sex with its leaders...like Bill Clinton, John Podesta, B.Obama, Jeffrey Epstein, etc.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 5/18/2025 1:23:05 PM (No. 1951900)
"Pesky facts that don’t conform to their thinking are simply ignored."
Which is why talking to the Left is a waste of time. They have no grounding in reality. The truth is what they say it is, ... for today. Tomorrow, they can say it's the opposite and they are good with that.
What they want is to overcome their opposition in any way possible. If they have to change their position to attack you, that's OK. If you point out that what YOU are doing conforms with what they want, they will shift positions again, just so they can attack you. And their pet media watches them flip flop all over the place and doesn't say a word.
And on top of all this is their anger. Trying to discuss anything with them just makes them mad because you refuse to simply capitulate to their point of view. Of course they then claim that you "hate them" because you won't do what they want.
It's all quite crazy and there is no point in talking to crazy people.
"The demise of every single apocalyptic cult is built into the very fabric of the cult itself."
Let's hope this demise happens to the dems sooner, rather than later. Of course that doesn't mean the nuttiness goes away, even though they might lack a national voice.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/18/2025 1:41:34 PM (No. 1951905)
I always remember how cults are portrayed by H P Lovecraft: Homicidal, suicidal, and destructive. They are destroyers.
Political activists and politicians say violence is justified. Cultists will say the same thing. They believe the death and destruction of others somehow gives them power. When cultists see a government parroting what they believe, they ask 'how can we be part of this'. Cultists will see death on a massive scale. Think Nazi Germany. There was rumor that Nazi Germany was influenced by cults.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 5/18/2025 2:40:13 PM (No. 1951941)
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” That short prayer from Augustine sums it up well. When the Dems deny any existence of God and actively fight against him, He leaves them to their own evil ways (See Romans 1) First and foremost,. they make gods of themselves; gods which promise nothing after this life and no hope for them to look forward to.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
walcb 5/19/2025 8:13:26 AM (No. 1952358)
Imagine our parents or grandparents reading this article 40 years ago. They would think this could never happen and the premise is unworthy of discussion.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Krause 5/19/2025 8:19:01 AM (No. 1952360)
And the left media, unsurprisingly, is a main part of this cult.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Zigrid 5/19/2025 10:20:00 AM (No. 1952424)
Why would I be interested in knowing the Democratic Party...I've lived a long time...and I understand the Democratic Party....it's always about cheating and lying...!!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
skacmar 5/19/2025 2:14:23 PM (No. 1952566)
This would make Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsome, Gov Pritzker, Hakeem Jefferies, and many other leading Democrats the modern day equivalent of Charles Manson, Jim Jones, and David Koresh (to name a few). I'm sure this make the Democrats proud.
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The author coins apocalyptic cult to describe the state of the Democrats. Good reading.