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Sometimes it feels like the younger me is sitting on my shoulders, barking mad, peddling negativity and diminishing my confidence and worth. If I let the insidious monster, it will steal my goals as easily as plucking copper wishes from shallow water.
Mind-numbing techniques (such as meditation, chanting, speaking in tongues, denunciation sessions, debilitating work routines) are used to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).
Effective Altruism Is a Dangerous Cult — Here's Why
Émile P. Torres
Others told us that Brand couldn’t really be working class, because he was a millionaire. It’s alarming how many ‘leftists’ seemed to fundamentally agree with the drift behind Paxman’s question: ‘What gives this working class person the authority to speak?’ It’s also alarming, actually distressing, that they seem to think that working class people should remain in poverty, obscurity and impotence lest they lose their ‘authenticity’.
Exiting the Vampire Castle
openDemocracy
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