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"The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them." - Malala fighting Taliban.

https://malala.org/news-and-voices/malala-un-speech

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[โ€“] UsefulInfoPlz@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The difference between a religion and a cult is social acceptance.

[โ€“] degen@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Cult" gets a bad wrap, honestly. Literally anything regularly involving more than one person can be cult. Having weekly brunch? Cult. Weekends hanging out in a basement playing games? Cult. The group smoke break by the dumpster? Cult. The bunch of kids playing everyday at recess? Cult. The real difference is zealotry (Edit: and/or institution).