Among other things Jonestown was an example of a definition well known to sociologists of religion: a cult is a religion with no political power.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power

Government, Power of fear fed by the people

A political statement is correct because it is factual or, it is wrong because it isn't. Who said it, or what party they represent, has no bearing on its truthfulness.

As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill.