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"[@Dark Dash":](/2044266#comment_8149317
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A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' way of life:
 
through emotional, psychological, and social manipulation.
 
The cultists themselves have to 'feel good' about it, too.  
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.
 
There can be an agnostic kind of 'holiness', if that makes any sense.


 
However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
 
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
 
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.


 
There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

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[@Communist Starlight":](/2044266#comment_8149362
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I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
 
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
 
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' way of life:
through emotional, psychological, and social manipulation.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.
There can be an agnostic kind of 'holiness', if that makes any sense.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

"@Communist Starlight":/2044266#comment_8149362
I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' way of life.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.
There can be an agnostic kind of 'holiness', if that makes any sense.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

"@Communist Starlight":/2044266#comment_8149362
I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' way of life.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'. There can be an agnostic kind of 'holiness', if that makes any sense.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

"@Communist Starlight":/2044266#comment_8149362
I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' outlookway onf life.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

"@Communist Starlight":/2044266#comment_8149362
I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' outlook on life.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.

"@Communist Starlight":/2044266#comment_8149362
I know 'communist' starlight is the popular notion,
but I always found Starlight's cult to be more 'folksy' and 'local friendly', more familiar than not...
and so all the more creepy.

"@Dark Dash":/2044266#comment_8149317
A cult need not be religious, it just needs to have near total control of its adherents' outlook on life.
In Starlight's cult of Equality, they sacrifice their own cutie marks 'from flesh removed', so their 'timeless spirits meet'.

However, Starlight might try to trick herself and others into thinking it was all for the greater good.
But what she really wanted deep down, was for everypony to worship her own absolute will.
To never be alone again, she would shatter the will and spirit of every other pony.

There are few villains more horrible than a deceitful, desperate cult leader.