# What not-so-obvious movements do you think are cults?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-so-obvious-movements-do-you-think-are-cults/926030 "2020-11-20T08:07:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-so-obvious-movements-do-you-think-are-cults/926030/24 "2020-11-21T18:53:32Z")

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> [@Francis\_Vaughan](#):
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> Amway.  
> Really. Maybe not the creepy sexual part (although it would not surprise me) but they hit on every other point.
> 
> The parallels between Amway and Scientology are remarkable. Both exist as pyramid selling organisations as their prime purpose. After that it gets ever more uncanny. As if one was reading from the other’s playbook.

[**RickJay** goes to an Amway recruitment seminar, surreal insanity ensues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-amway-encounters-to-share/403706/28)

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