[FRIAM] cults

[glen]

It's been awhile since I've run across a new-to-me cult. But 09A certainly qualifies as a meaty one:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/new-york-satanic-cult-764-fbi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2195065

I can't reconcile the apparent contradiction between fascism and individuality. I guess the closest some analysts come is to suggest that they're only aligning with the fascists, for now, to bring about the end of the current aeon and the colonization of the galaxy.

I guess it reminds me of the "no enemies to the [right|left]" rhetoric: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/conservative-christopher-rufo-florida-twitter-debate

But otherwise, O9A's ... "beliefs and structure" seem incoherent enough to write them off as just too stupid to care about. However one author nailed it in saying that there are plenty of both impressionable and antisocial people using the internet, susceptible to the "sinister" allure, to cause real damage.

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glen