Cults are flourishing

Here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/academia-is-a-cult/2018/10/31/eea787a0-bd08-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html?utm_term=.dd3703a67e07

And

https://www.thisisinsider.com/i-grew-up-in-a-cult-and-i-can-tell-you-why-normal-people-join-them-2018-3

There

https://psmag.com/news/a-sociologist-explains-the-similarities-between-cults-and-trumps-gop