Greg Morris

1322 days ago

This behavior resembles another, older phenomenon: It’s strikingly similar to cult recruitment tactics of the pre-internet era, in which recruits are targeted and then increasingly isolated from the noncult world.

Online Conspiracy Groups Are a Lot Like Cults

wired.com

In recent months there’s been an increase in stories in which a follower of radical conspiracies shifts their actions from the web and into the world. In June, a QAnon conspiracy follower kicked off a one-man standoff at the Hoover Dam in Nevada.