This week I stumbled across a particularly destructive example of aspirational propaganda as I listened to an episode of a podcast which deals with the cult phenomenon in the U.S. and in Britain in the 21st Century. The name of the podcast is the Cult Vault, and the name of the particular episode is "Get Away, Amway!" (Amway is a particular example of what is known as a "business cult.") Feel free to check out the episode; it's quite instructive.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Podcast Recommendation: The Cult Vault Episode - "Get Away, Amway!"
In my most recent post I wrote the following: "... I thought about the most famous, wealthy, and immaculately coiffed citizens of the First World (particularly the U.S.) and the psychological impact these people have on many of the rest of us. For in looking at these people it's easy to get swept up in their propaganda, believing that these people are rich because they possess rare and unique accomplishments of stellar value. These people prop up the systems of inequity that exist in the world by telling us that if we only imitated them, we could be like them. This, for instance, is the foundation of the thriving sale of many worthless "business advice" or "life coaching" books, conferences, podcasts, and the like."
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