I totally agree with you Susan, cults are alive and well and no shortage of new recruits. Look back in history and it's the same as far as I can see.
qanon - yes, what a cult! I am so shocked at how that is going. omg, at least with a guru there is some sort of consistency - the thing that first caught my attention was the way that Donald Trump was embraced by hippy spiritualist ayahuasca types. It seems so incongruous and it turns out the congruity is just to be a conspiracy theorist.
I am wondering if there are any, I mean any at all who have left the qanon group? Is there a recovery forum for conspiracy theorists?