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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults. A cult doesn\\\'t have to be flagrantly malicious to be a cult, it just has to be highly dogmatic and isolated from outside influence (heck, broadly speaking \\\'\\\'every\\\'\\\' world religion can be technically be classified as a cult if you stretch the definition a bit).
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult, but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult, but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults. A cult doesn\\\'t have to be flagrantly malicious to be a cult, it just has to be highly dogmatic and isolated from outside influence (heck, broadly speaking \\\'\\\'every\\\'\\\' world religion can be technically be classified as a cult if you stretch the definition a bit).
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults. A cult doesn\\\'t have to be flagrantly malicious to be a cult, it just has to be highly dogmatic and isolated from outside influence; heck, broadly speaking \\\'\\\'every\\\'\\\' world religion can be technically be classified as a cult if you stretch the definition a bit.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults. A cult doesn\\\'t have to be flagrantly malicious to be a cult, it just has to be highly dogmatic and isolated from outside influence.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults. A cult doesn\\\'t have to be flagrantly malicious to be a cult, it just has to be highly dogmatic and isolated from outside contact.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside while teaching them that your beliefs are the only acceptable way is \\\'\\\'textbook\\\'\\\' cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is textbook cult tactics.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is textbook cult tactics.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is a pretty common in cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil sex murder\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is a pretty common in cults.
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \
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To be completely fair, many real life cults are not any of the things you described. Most IRL religious movements that are classified as \\\"cults\\\" are held together more by peer pressure and indoctrination to fanaticism than actively threatening members with death if they leave, though that \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' something that happens in more extreme cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil murder worship\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is a pretty common in cults.
I think that\\\'s why most people take Bo-Katan at her word; the Children of the Watch don\\\'t fit the pop-culture \\\"creepy evil murder worship\\\" version of a cult but from what we\\\'ve seen in comparison to other Mando groups they very much fit the more mundane \\\"real world\\\" cult archetype of a dogmatic, highly-insular religious group that discourages contact with the outside world and tries to operate in secrecy (Djarin is notably one of the only members who regularly goes outside; I recall either the Armorer or Paz mentions they only leave their hidden base one person at a time).
The thing that sold it for me personally is how Djarin at first can\\\'t even \\\'\\\'concieve\\\'\\\' that a Mandalorian would ever remove their helmet in front of someone else when he meets Bo-Katan to the point of a mini-FreakOut, when we\\\'ve seen clearly in other media that removing your helmet whenever is the \\\'\\\'norm\\\'\\\' for most Mandalorians. Deliberately isolating members from alternate viewpoints and basic knowledge of the outside is a pretty common in cults.
