Failed prophecies boost proselytizing among those with fellow believers.

Evidence

At least in the short run, the ringleaders tended to redouble their proselytizing, so long as they were able to maintain interaction with a coterie of fellow covenanters. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 99

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly anticipates Mirowski’s core argument that the neoliberal thought collective doubled down after 2008 because they had each other to reinforce belief. — connects to: Failed millenarian prophecy redoubles proselytising among core believers — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1810; Failed predictions often intensify believers’ proselytizing rather than ending their faith — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1810
  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 99

Broader Connections