- Joined
- Feb 5, 2023
Yeah this definitely seems like Anisa or someone very close to her like Kailey. She used to have Kailey check LCF and Kailey came in as herself on LCF to defend Anisa before this threads existence.View attachment 8071359
This was referring to Ian and Anisa possibly ending up in court for creator clash. They have a hell of alot of confidence
No one who likes Anisa because she stans Hasan gives a fuck enough to defend her like this while simultaneously attacking Ethan Klein and praising Hasan. There’s too much work to be done to defend Hasan to focus on defending fucking Anisa in that cult lol. Cults are a lot like pyramid schemes and Anisa is very close to the bottom of the pyramid. The lackies aren’t going to defend someone at the bottom when the top dog is under attack every day.
Top Tier – The Leader/Founder
Second Tier – The Inner Circle/enforcers
Third Tier – The propagandists/recruiters
Bottom Tier – The New Recruits
How Hasan has created a cult (it’s really unlike anything I’ve ever seen on the internet that hasn’t classically labeled a cult)
- Authority
- Moral absolutism
His community has a binary worldview and those who agree with him are immediately educated or compassionate and those who don’t are reactionaries, bad-faith actors, nazis, Zionists, etc
Hasan streams for a long time becoming a daily routine
Almost all fans treat criticism of Hasan as personal offense even outside his stream
- Idolization and Unquestioning Defense
A common cult feature is the deification of the leader despite contradictions.
- Emotional manipulation
Hasan uses emotionally charged rhetoric (anger, moral outrage) to generate collective catharsis
- Cult: Charismatic leader claiming knowledge or special insight
- Pyramid Scheme: founder or early investors who built the system/control the money
- Power: Total control, rarely questioned, collects wealth or devotion from everyone below
Second Tier – The Inner Circle/enforcers
- Cult: direct aides who enforce rules, handle money, PR, propaganda and manage members
- Pyramid Scheme: Early recruits or who make the biggest profits and appear successful
- Power: Privileged access to the leader, rewarded for loyalty and recruitment and punished for stepping out of line
Third Tier – The propagandists/recruiters
- Cult: Passionate followers who spread the message/propaganda and recruit new followers, thinking they’re fixing them
- Pyramid Scheme: mid-level promoters who sell the dream to others, often holding training sessions
- Power: Dependent on constant recruitment to maintain status and rewarded by praise and small profits
- Cult: Fully devoted members who donate time, money, or labor and follow the rules/narrative without question .
- Pyramid Scheme: average participants who buy products, pay fees, and try to recruit friends/family
- Power: Little control, but deeply invested emotionally and financially; fear leaving or failing.
Bottom Tier – The New Recruits
- Cult: New converts being praised and slowly isolated from their old life or any old beliefs
- Pyramid Scheme: New sign ups who pay in
- Power: none. Most will lose money or leave with resentment or embarrassment
How Hasan has created a cult (it’s really unlike anything I’ve ever seen on the internet that hasn’t classically labeled a cult)
- Authority
- his personality dominates his brand, not just his politics
- “Fans” adopt his “morality” I.e. “good vs. evil,” “us vs. them” instead of critically engaging with differing opinions
- his audience repeats his exact talking points verbatim even using his tone and slang: “chat, listen,” “dumb liberals,” “we stan,” etc. as ideological shorthand
- Moral absolutism
His community has a binary worldview and those who agree with him are immediately educated or compassionate and those who don’t are reactionaries, bad-faith actors, nazis, Zionists, etc
- creates an in-group/out-group dynamic
- former fans who become critical are labeled as grifters and are ostracized
- audience echo his sentiments on social like they’re defending doctrine rather than debating policy/scandals
Hasan streams for a long time becoming a daily routine
- chat acts as a digital congregation where participation, repetition, and reinforcement shape belonging
- viewers who spend multiple hours a day listening to him form a parasocial bond where their mood or worldview is tied to his
- mirrors cultic daily reaffirmation rituals with constant exposure that reinforces group norms and his authority
Almost all fans treat criticism of Hasan as personal offense even outside his stream
- alternative perspectives are dismissed immediately
- His subreddit and discord communities moderate heavily against dissent producing an echo chamber where members only hear hasan-aligned interpretations of everything
- result is a soft isolation in this form. not physical separation like traditional cults but cognitive insulation from outside narratives
- Some strong fans will disavow family/friends who don’t think like Hasan
- Idolization and Unquestioning Defense
A common cult feature is the deification of the leader despite contradictions.
- When Hasan displays hypocrisy (luxury purchases despite socialist rhetoric) many followers rationalize or retcon the event to protect his image mmm
- Memes depict him as flawless, handsome or morally pure reinforcing idol worship through humor and repetition
- Critical thinking about his motives or consistency becomes taboo inside his community spaces
- Emotional manipulation
Hasan uses emotionally charged rhetoric (anger, moral outrage) to generate collective catharsis
- deepens identification and fans feel they’re fighting a righteous cause with him, not just watching
- outrage cycles become addictive giving participants a sense of moral purpose that can resemble religious levels of passion
- when outsiders challenge his emotion driven logic, fans react defensively viewing it as a threat to their shared identity leading to IRL harassment and constant doxxing
- When Hasan or his audience are criticized it reinforces their belief that they’re “on the right side of history”
- this circular reasoning makes the group self-sustaining and every challenge is reframed as validation of righteousness
- the result is ideological immunity: no external criticism can break through without being reinterpreted as evidence of bias
Last edited:
