• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      10 hours ago

      909 people died from poison koolaid in Jonestown, following the cult of Jim Jones. Death is typically the way out of death cults.

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        They were made to drink it at gunpoint (not all but many were). Some escaped by fleeing the hall they were doing it in and hiding in the complex. Jones knew it was over and had sent some members to chase down and murder the ones that left and the ones that came to offer them a way home (including a US congressman, which is how he knew it was over because the next visit would probably be with guns blazing). Now you could say that about the ones holding the guns, that pieces of shit can often find goons to do their dirty work, but most of the people who went along with it had something very different in mind and became disillusioned while they were there, but being nowhere close to home with all communications being reviewed, they didn’t have many options.

    • Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      The people that support him only give him points when he does something they like, and don’t remove points when he does something they do not like. It’s an important part of the delusion and big surprise dogmatic religious people have trained their whole lives for this.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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      11 hours ago

      I’m willing to bet many of them are “Murica! Fuck yeah!” Types who are happy the whole world will be their country at some point.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
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      The ones who still support him approve. There’s nothing to wake up to.