also saw some post earlier today about how gen z isn't doing cults anymore. That's simply not true. It's simply not true. There are actually more cults than ever and they are on the discord app. You don't understand. They are doing struggle sessions in fandom discourds
the reason that OP claimed there were no gen z cults was because there's no cheap real estate to have a compound on anymore which is such an annoying ass bsky.app millennial take like I can hear you smirking behind your latte. No. "second location" is an outdated model. people figured out how to leave all the time back then. Now your phone is the second location and leaving your Phone Cult is so much harder
Some cults I know have lots of gen z members, off the top of my head
redpill incels
their worse cousin, blackpilled incels
Zizians
Rationalism in general
extreme political movements in general (both the right and the purity culture obsessed, pro revolution left)
fandom purity culture
I know this isn't the focus of this post but it's important. There are scads and scads of well established cults like Mormonism, Quiverfull, etc, which are established enough to be seen as regular religions instead of high control groups. Many of these cults encourage their members to have a lot of kids, so while you may mostly hear from the people who left, for each one there's easily a dozen more who didn't leave. I know people my age (20s) who were raised in these cults and have siblings who are still invested in the cult.
Some cults I know have
lots of gen z members, off
the top of my head
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
"Wellness" influencers. "Beauty" influencers. "Fitness" influencers. "Finance" influencers. If they're on social media telling you they have secrets only they've unlocked and they're your only salvation, that only the few truly brilliant people can see their vision, that they're the only one holding the keys to the future you've been dreaming of, all you have to do is leave behind any friends or family that contradicts them, don't question, stop thinking for yourself, do everything they say, all for the low low price of your happiness-- they're a cult leader.




















