The Falun Gong Wikipedia article doesn’t use that word, but it’s clearly a cult.
I try to avoid that word since most organized religions are varying degrees of culty to me, but yes, they’re a cult
While Falun Gong has been persecuted in China, look no further than their news outlet The Epoch Times (which is mentioned in the wiki article) for the wonderful things these people promote.
Looks like they’re following the murdoch strategy of all-in on news media to eventually manipulate and control national politics. They’re quite successful too, I know a super white dude from a vhcol area working in a tech adjacent role who can’t say enough good things about their content… he doesn’t trust fox anymore (nor reuters, ap, bbc, or countless other outlets), but he trusts them lol.
Yes, it’s really insidious
they advertise all the fuck over NYC with the smarmy tagline “China before Communism”
I’m not a tankie (nor a China simp) but that line pisses me off it’s so pretentious
How did I not realize these dinguses were Falun Gong! I thought Shen Yun was a person
I was so disappointed to learn it’s a creepy cult thing and not just a cool Chinese traditional dance show that I actually kinda wanted to see
luckily I live in NYC and can probably go find a Chinese dance performance that isn’t linked to a cult lol
Chinese opera is fascinating and there are hundreds of varieties. I really enjoyed when I saw one in China and definitely can recommend it to everyone
They seem to vary that slogan place to place. In the Bay Area of CA they use alternative slogans
