Jane Borden - Cults Like Us: Puritans, Demagogues, and America’s Doomsday Obsession

<p>Journalist Jane Borden joins the girls to discuss her book Cults Like Us, a gripping investigation into how cultic thinking is woven into the fabric of American life. Jane delves into the radical roots of early Protestant settlers, how the deep-rooted American mythology of a strong rebel cowboy who can save us from the bad guys makes us more susceptible to demagogues and authoritarians, and why pronatalism is just another form of doomsdayism.<br>They talk about how fear of the end of the world, fear of not being good enough, and fear of &ldquo;the other&rdquo; influence us. They discuss everything from the bootstraps myth to mass marketing to self-help empires, and how the promise of salvation has shaped the American psyche more than we like to admit.<br><br>SOURCES:<br><a href="Journalist%20Jane%20Borden%20joins%20the%20girls%20to%20discuss%20her%20book%20Cults%20Like%20Us,%20a%20gripping%20investigation%20into%20how%20cultic%20thinking%20is%20woven%20into%20the%20fabric%20of%20Ame...