"The fanatic cannot be weaned away from his cause
by an appeal to his reason or moral sense. ... But
he finds no difficulty in swinging suddenly and wildly
from one holy cause to another. He cannot be convinced
but only converted... Though they seem to be at
opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually
crowded together at one end."
Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, p. 85

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