Hoo boy. #TFG tells the cult to vote for Kevin... and the cult responds by hailing the defectors as *true* Trumpists and Kevin as an apostate.
The cult is out of Trump's own control. Not for the first time, either.
@RationalLeft: Every "revolutionary" movement gets to that point once the gung-ho militants start feverishly dervishing themselves into tizzies trying to "out-hardcore" the others. That's how people go from community outreach all the way to death-squads and Jonestowns.
@thedisasterautist Quite so.
There's even a possibility (unproven) that Jones himself may have intended to escape after everyone else was dead and been shot by one of his followers to prevent it. (The timing of the final deaths on the still-running Jonestown tape recording is weird.)
@RationalLeft: For my money, I do believe Jones by that time was legit bananas. Not few of his ilk go from being a grifter and charlatan all the way to believing their own bullshit and their own press. Alas, I've seen it happen IRL on more than one occasion, and it was never pretty. I know we joke about such happenings, but it's dead terrifying when you see it up close.
@thedisasterautist I think he was always insane.
"Raven" remains the ultimate book on him and his cult.
@RationalLeft: I read more than I really want to know about it several years ago because I typed and finalized the manuscript that went to press for a graduate thesis about Jones, the People's Temple, and Jonestown.
That said, I put the book you suggested on my list. Merci for the heads-up.