Examining the "Cult of Ardern".

... If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also...

New International Version John 15:20

Today she is revered as "Jesus" at Ratana.

Persecution Complex is a very familiar cry from cult leaders, and often it takes other cult survivors to spot the behaviours, in this case over many years ago, and simply wait for the inflection point of clarity of perspective from those who have not had similar life experiences, to reach the same understandings. Viewed in context, Ardern could never really have done things differently, with the programmed training and residual cultist thinking, that she appears to have never really worked out of her consciousness, especially when under pressure.

Framework for evaluation.

The Culture of Belief, or a Cult, is a very common human tendency. In "Christendom" some say there are 4 major acknowledged Cults,

of which Mormonism, in which the existential and social norms Ardern was exposed to in her formative years, is counted.

Yesterday she was espousing the victimhood of persecution from the reactive social media feedback, that has been the only outlet for the general frustration with the current policies , seen and suspected, by members of the voting public.

Today she is revered as "Jesus" at Ratana.

CULTS and ARDERN

Cults are defined by several characteristics; covered by Rick Ross for expediency;

1.?A charismatic leader, who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose power. That is a living leader, who has no meaningful accountability and becomes the single most defining element of the group and its source of power and authority.

2.?A process [of indoctrination or education is in use that can be seen as] coercive persuasion or thought reform [commonly called "brainwashing"].

The culmination of this process can be seen by members of the group often doing things that are not in their own best interest, but consistently in the best interest of the group and its leader.

Lifton's seminal book?Thought Reform and Psychology of Totalism ?explains this process in considerable detail.

3.?Economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie.

The destructiveness of groups called cults varies by degree, from labour violations, child abuse, medical neglect to, in some extreme and isolated situations, calls for violence or?mass suicide .

Some groups that were once seen as "cults" have historically evolved to become generally regarded as religions. Power devolved from a single leader to a broader church government and such groups ceased to be seen as simply personality-driven and defined by a single individual. For example the?Seventh-day Adventists , once led by Ellen White, or the Mormons church founded by Joseph Smith. ( italics mine )

Here are 10 warning signs of a potentially unsafe group or leader.

1. ?Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.

2.?No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.

3.?No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget or expenses, such as an independently audited financial statement.

Nothing obvious so far to report, except the obvious.

4. Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.

https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/the-martyrdom-of-jacinda-ardern ( LI censors this site unfortunately

5. There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.

Labour rejects waka-jumping plan as speculation

In a statement as Labour's leader, Jacinda Ardern said the party's position on Sharma and the waka jumping provisions had not changed.

"We have not, and are not, considering invoking the waka jumping provisions, nor do I know the basis of Gaurav Sharma's speculation," she said.

"Gaurav may wish to reconsider his decision given he is unnecessarily costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of dollars to trigger a by-election he then intends to stand in.

"We consider it unnecessary and wasteful given the General Election is scheduled for 2023."

6.?Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.

7.?There are records, books, news articles, or broadcast reports that document the abuses of the group/leader.

8.?Followers feel they can never be "good enough".

9. The group/leader is always right.

10.?The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.

Review

Like all humans, her life is a mixed bag of decisions, strategy, outcomes and potential. She likely has unfulfilled potential to realize, after her self imposed political sabbatical.

The independent path with Asian relations is definitely a positive, but her belief in a 100 year crisis lost the local pacific goodwill, and distracted at home focus on the here and now, as Hopkins is saying he intends focusing on.

See the post copy at the end if LI decides to repeat its misguided editorship policies.

Ardern has given support to other obvious cults as well.

Exiting being a Cult leader or follower.

Don't drink the misogynist Koolade.

Looks like the Jacinda factor of an "no more gas in the tank" is having a ripple effect. At some point realty and voter expectations meet and the results will not be pretty.

*** Late edit ***

Her reasons?https://lnkd.in/gJZ_MgGb ?and a striking lack of blaming misogyny as the singular factor, A far more gracious explanation an Ardern's attribution.?https://lnkd.in/g93jDy_9

The reflective, reframing, process of self aware learning should kick in, as her perspective on what is practical and what is aspirational crystalize in her mind's perception of the last 6 years whirlwind, and resultant persecution complex.

I think personally she needs to come to terms with the conflict of the "be kind mantra", that from a position of power appears as patronizing, glib and dismissive, and which overwhelms individuality and and raises the collective ire of the very people she was attempting to assist.

George Patton?said "I don't measure a man's ( or woman's )success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

Just in case you didn't believe me on the similarity of the 4 cults mentioned at the start. I don't see a lot of difference in the messages, mannerisms and delivery from these cult leaders to Arden's behaviours.

Here is the post on the "Climate Emergency" incase LI decides to censor factual opinion again.

Dear?Jacinda Ardern?, ( posted last year and removed by Public Interest Journalism mechanisms )

This is what a "Nuclear Moment" looks like, rather than your PR version of it.?https://lnkd.in/gHhnHt9

The comparative images are, what is known as, "evidence", and observations and conclusions made from the analysis of, and from evidence, is usually known as "science", although these days it fairy difficult for many to distinguish science from PR spin, such as "nuclear free moments".

To be clear and confirm, Auckland University researchers run a longitudinal study on Pacific Islands, and there is no evidence of any sinking or sea level rise of any consequence.?https://lnkd.in/d56vMtp

In a single day the good people of Tonga have experienced all of the predictions that so called "climate change" would visit upon them in the next 100 years, so the question is why the fear, rhetoric and continual babble, about climate change being a real and existential threat, when clearly it is not, and certainly not a nuclear moment. To do so denigrates the status of genuine emergencies and makes a mockery of the unfortunate victims, of a real emergency such as this.

Here, briefly is some material your advisers should be offering you on this topic.

https://lnkd.in/gvhqPgi6

https://lnkd.in/gk3my5f4

https://lnkd.in/g8S_SRfq

Obviously you will neither read or respond to this post, but those interested in critical analysis, the overall nature of science and common sense possibly are.

The perspective is this; the Tonga situation is a real, clear and present danger, an emergency in the true sense of the word, and an example of how we should frame the concept of emergencies, not some slow moving 100 year possibility, dreamt up by a cabal of pessimistic academic activists.

#climatechange ?#climateemergency

https://lnkd.in/gsM2MFFF

https://lnkd.in/g45gZRca