To be honest the specialized knowledge and social separation engendered by Marxist thought has definitely resulted in more than a few parties that operate as cults. It was all the rage in the 60s and 70s. Insularity and intellectual rigidity should be considered vices in radicals, not virtues.
On the other hand, I think the category of "cult" is way less useful than it's given credit for, and often functions to pathologize a collective rejection of the dominant order.
To be honest the specialized knowledge and social separation engendered by Marxist thought has definitely resulted in more than a few parties that operate as cults. It was all the rage in the 60s and 70s. Insularity and intellectual rigidity should be considered vices in radicals, not virtues.
On the other hand, I think the category of "cult" is way less useful than it's given credit for, and often functions to pathologize a collective rejection of the dominant order.
Unironically, my aunt was in one of those
Now they're just a kinda weird theater group that puts on plays about racism being bad ever since the cult leader died