I just put that in about world govts because often the assumption is that "how it is here is how it is everywhere" - I do so dislike the Star Trek episodes where the Enterprise meets "members of a race" and the aliens all look the same, pretty much dress the same, have the same language...but you look at our planet, and it's different from state to state, let alone across the globe.
But yeah, I know what you mean about cults. For lack of a better term, we'll use that; sects would indicate they're all branches of one thing. But organizations down to rough community groups...yeah, I got the basic idea. I think it would also depend on the cultural history, and the societal pressures, how those cults shape up and act out.
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Date: 22 Nov 2004 07:39 pm (UTC)But yeah, I know what you mean about cults. For lack of a better term, we'll use that; sects would indicate they're all branches of one thing. But organizations down to rough community groups...yeah, I got the basic idea. I think it would also depend on the cultural history, and the societal pressures, how those cults shape up and act out.