Have I stumbled across a cult?

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• 0xKesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Oh I used to see this shit in Facebook reels back when I was still on that platform. The comments used to typically be “people” apparently buying into that crap, most likely bot accounts though.

  It’s just a straight up scam, hoping to become a cult. These fuckers need to start getting thrown away, imagine preying on the mentally fragile and mentally ill

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• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not a cult, just a good old-fashioned charlatan.

  People like him have been claiming to have mystical powers of insight for millennia, and there’s always someone dumb enough to pay for it.

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• TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When a scam grows large enough, it metamophoses into a cult.

  I would rate this as a scam still it its larval phase, not yet ready to become a cult.

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  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And when it grows even further it turns into an organized religion (for reference: the Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, etc.).

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  • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was kind of thinking the same thing. I wonder if he’s having any success.

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    • felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can get some info from the size of social media followings. Honestly with prices like what I saw online I would bet on some buyers at least

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• beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I couldn’t say for sure, but it’s probably spiritual guru scam. He’s got some system or whatever he’s developed to feed victims the right vibes to keep them hooked. in most of these situations they prey on people with very low self-esteem and he sells them an identity.

  It doesn’t look like a cult yet, but give this guy time and as soon as he hits a threshold of money he’ll have a little compound that “elite” followers will be invited to. I lived next door to a woman that got sucked into the Twin Flames cult and that’s exactly how they went. Started with a product exploiting people in a vulnerable state, then grew into online classes and workshops and then finally a compound.

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• zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  NGL, this guy has some very meme-able pictures on his website.

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  • zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    https://imgflip.com/i/b3i134

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      That guy probably isn’t even real

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    • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      LMAO

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  • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some one should get on that.

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• Xahvoc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also on youtube:

  The man who worships parakeets and uses them to prophesy. It’s weirder than you think.

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• rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i’m not gonna wade thru these ramblings but this type of thing has been around for decades en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_people_(New_Age) it’s a type of ufo religion

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  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨39⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Of course, Aliens visiting Earth have nothing better to do than get laid!

    Are we Risa after all?

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  • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You left off the last ) so your link doesn’t go anywhere

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m curious how I could use… Tools, to overwhelm this wannabe cult leader

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• basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  He doesn’t even seem to be buying it tbh. He is clearly trying really hard to keep a straight face while being absolutely smitten with himself.

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  • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He could just be high.

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