Jonestown pt. 2

This second part completes the story of the tragedy of the murders at Jonestown. In addition, we expand on this conversation by unpacking the mentality of the participants, and dig a little bit into how charismatic leaders can develop a following that seems baffling from the outside. It is an analysis on where we were as a country, and as a species, as well as where we are now and where we are going. 

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• Yada, Yada, Yada Day
• Hemingway Look Alike Days
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• National Moth Week
• National Parenting Gifted Children Week
• National Triathlon Week
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• Restless Leg Syndrome Education and Awareness Week

Links and References: 

1. https://adst.org/2012/11/the-jonestown-massacre/
2. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-18/mass-suicide-at-jonestown
3. https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(11)01340-0/fulltext
4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/17/an-apocalyptic-cult-900-dead-remembering-the-jonestown-massacre-40-years-on
5. https://www.britannica.com/event/Jonestown
6. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/yorklr2&div=6&id=&page=
7. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12772
8. https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/jonestown.htm?s1sid=a48k3z9p1i7wvnlvcw1lrfbq&srch_tag=ben5nf7at4ksnp6j5hq3de3buxzfctat 

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