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kleinbl00  ·  41 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?

    Am I correct in inferring these people come from backgrounds that are privileged as fuck?

Well the local paper brought it up by mentioning that two of the ringleaders are Lakeside grads, so. MIRI was founded with money from these guys before Peter Thiel came onboard; Thiel's grievance parade hides the fact that his family is rich AF going back like four generations. Sam Bankman Fried and Caroline Ellison are the kids of tenured Ivy League professors and no, there aren't a lot of TESCREAL dipshits of color.

FWIW, the best cult document by far is Wild Wild Country. On the face of it, it has nothing to do with TESCREAL dipshits but in a way, it really really does.