Among other things Jonestown was an example of a definition well known to sociologists of religion: a cult is a religion with no political power. (Tom Wolfe)

Among other things Jonestown was an example of a definition well known to sociologists of religion: a cult is a religion with no political power.

Tom Wolfe

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