Are nations cults? It depends, as with other sorts of organizations, but I think any group which uses “serving” describe taking a serious risk of death or damage by following orders from the group and getting a sweet deal for being near the top of the hierarchy is looking a little fishy. Likewise if the sort of group which makes pretty effective claims to deserving people’s primary loyalty and which is the sort of group that is most likely to get people killed doesn’t even show up in an intelligent discussion of what conventionally accepted groups might be cults.
Are nations cults? It depends, as with other sorts of organizations, but I think any group which uses “serving” describe taking a serious risk of death or damage by following orders from the group and getting a sweet deal for being near the top of the hierarchy is looking a little fishy. Likewise if the sort of group which makes pretty effective claims to deserving people’s primary loyalty and which is the sort of group that is most likely to get people killed doesn’t even show up in an intelligent discussion of what conventionally accepted groups might be cults.