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insightful read. key for all sorts of propaganda is "emotionally loaded".

> many of the psychological mechanisms that sustain cults are now visible at the scale of entire political systems.
> 
> The manipulation of language.
> The demand for loyalty.
> The silence of institutions.
> The moral inversions that justify abuse of power.