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by hindsightbias 1948 days ago
New Age has been a broad band of beliefs for decades and without central tenets or leadership it just hasn’t gotten that dangerous.

The thing about this era is more contrarian cultism. Lots of disparate groups that are syncretic seem to be able to mold Trump as a central figurehead. They really haven’t had anyone else to attach to (Jimmy Carter, H. Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Palin maybe).