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Socialism, Kool-Aid and Jim: 30th Anniversary of Jonestown Posted by Danny Jensen on November 12, 2008 at 4:02 pm

In the days leading up to Obama’s election there was a lot of talk about “socialism” and “drinking the Kool-Aid“, but none of that ridiculous, political mud-slinging compares to the atrocity of the kool-aid drinking socialism that took place during the Jonestown massacre.  More than 900 Americans died 30 years ago in a South American jungle when Rev. Jim Jones ordered his cult commune to drink fruit juice laced with cyanide.  Tomorrow night CNN will air Escape from Jonestown, a report on the few that survived the mass-suicide:

I recently strode confidently through the halls of the Scientology Celebrity Centre out of curiosity, thinking myself immune to indoctrination.  But desperate circumstances and well-executed manipulation can lead people to do things they wouldn’t normally agree to.  Don’t worry, I made it out of the Centre without being recruited.

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CATEGORIES:  Culture, Ethics, Global Health, Human Rights


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