Mike Fleming Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 I began thinking this after listening to the podcast today with the guy which went for 2 hours. My own family has resembled a cult to me for many years. My mother behaves as if she is a cult leader. She is infallible, all-important and all other members of the family pale in significance. In fact, she used many of the tactics on me and my brother generally employed by cult leaders, utilising fear, making us feel insecure and worthless, etc. I've never really thought about it beyond my own family though. We tend to only really know about what happens in our own families (there is the whole behind closed doors thing) and my mother certainly misrepresented the dysfunctional nature of our family to the rest of the world. I've never really wanted a family of my own. And the reason I think that may be the case is because I have an automatic revulsion to cults. I don't want to be either a member or leader of a cult. But in today's society that's what the family is, it seems. There are all these myths around family, how you should support family and all you've got is family, etc. And the ultimate cult leader of this unit seems to be mostly the mother these days. There are all these myths in society about mothers being perfect and you should be a good son or daughter. How good kids phone their mother every day and how it seems more emphasis is placed on mother's day than father's day. Is this a fairly recent thing or have families been this way throughout history? It all gives the impression that the adults, and particularly the mothers have something to hide. Which of course, a great many of them do.
dsayers Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Is this a fairly recent thing or have families been this way throughout history? I think it's the sort of thing that is exacerbated by the state destroying the family to breed dependence. It leads to warped senses of virtue and accomplishment. Children, being blank slates, tend to mirror and therefore expose this nonsense, so they have to be broken with near lethal doses of propaganda and subjugation. So I guess in that regard, it's probably always been that way given how old religion is. It's very exciting that humans are just about enlightened enough to break this cycle once and for all. I really wish it was the sort of thing that would happen in my lifetime.
Guest Exceptionalist Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 How on earth could a condition wich is accidential under original circumstances, like being able to give birth, make you a better, more virtues person?
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