when you read Pamela Hemphill’s story notice immediately what personal traits she shares not only with many people in cults but specifically in the different cults that make up the American fascist movement:
1. former or present struggles with addiction
2. a lack of purpose; alienation from their own talents and skills, especially post retirement
3. white working class GenXers who feel ―rightfully so― the ladder was kicked from under them before or right after retirement.
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