Again with that stupid fanfic. Yes they're a crazy cult, and yes they're discovering that "Act now while supplies last" is a viable marketing tactic. Yes smart people aren't immune to propaganda. Yes shaming a woman for a "gang bang" is a great way to horrify people with regard to these filthy heathens. Yes every child of Elon Musk needs to be purged to save the human genome.
The fact is that factors completely unrelated to this cult have created a class of ultra wealthy, and Mr. Duncan just spent 11,000 words discovering that the gang on top has all sorts of weird connections with each other, as in-groups will have. The problem is still wealth, and money. And debt. Eliminate those things with extreme prejudice, and no mystical AI cult of Harry Potter will rise from the ashes to punish you.
Summary of the article: Heathens are doing yucky things, rich people are getting away with murder, and this one crazy cult of rationalists proves that people have a religion instinct CHECKMATE ATHEISTS