259. Inside The Secretive Hasidic Jewish Community
heretics.
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The Cost of Not Offering an Alternative Life
"I wouldn't call it a cult because a society raises its children to not leave. I think, for me, the concept of a cult is specifically, it has a certain flavor of the zeal of the convert," he says. "If you do everything you can to keep the young in the society, the society remains very vibrant." He asks: Should a society try to undermine itself by offering an alternative life?
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