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I will cause the kingdoms of this racist society to become the kingdoms of

socialistic freedom.

I will cause your desert to blossom as our own.

I represent divine socialism.

I will not pass away that I shall stand throughout the endless ages of time.

Welcome to the Quillett Podcast. I'm Jonathan Kay. What you just heard there was Jim Jones,

the cult leader who directed a mass murder of his followers in Guyana on November 18th, 1978.

And when you hear Jones hold forth like that, his forceful messianic speaking style,

for a lot of us, that's our stereotypical understanding of what a cult leader sounds like.

But as anyone who's followed the Nexium story knows,

cult leaders come in different forms. And the leader of Nexium convicted felon Keith Renieri is in many ways

the opposite of Jones. As he duped followers and seduced women, Renieri often came across a soft

spoken and humble.

He's fairly short, wears glasses, plays volleyball,

...