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Rave culture specifically is so based on these concepts of like, peace, love, unity, respect that it really is kind of a refuge for people.
What made me really fall in love with rave culture was just that sense of like, finding, belonging, acceptance and a source of like unconditional love, which, which I think is always something that humans are seeking and especially in today's era and just the way the world is right now.
And as community starved as we are, particularly in the United States, it's a major draw.
Church and concerts are becoming more and more synonymous and I feel like that's happening on both ends of the spectrum.
It's not just the mega churches are getting ravier.
The raves are getting churchier.
Oh my God.
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The Language of Fanaticism.
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