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> the way a cult generally arranges to control people is to cut them off financially, socially, etc.

So...cancel culture? Criticize the current #thing and get cut off financially and socially.

That would make #thing a cult, no?

>>kQq9oH+(OP)
No, cults cut you off from the outside world first, not because you "criticized the current #thing". They create an atmosphere of fear where most people won't want to speak up, knowing their lives are now controlled by these people.