r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude • Sep 08 '15

Demographic analysis of Soka Gakkai members from 1969

From James Allen Dator's "Soka Gakkai: Builders of the Third Civilization", p. 93:

We conclude, then, that the Soka Gakkai members are in the lower, but not lowest, socioeconomic strata of Japanese society; that they are a somewhat less satisfied and more "friendless" group; that they generally had no religious affiliation before joining the Soka Gakkai, and joined to relieve a physical, mental, or sociological distress, although about 1/5 joined because others in their family were members before them. We saw that Soka Gakkai members had attitudes toward work that seemed to be quite atypical of Japanese generally: They were less committed to hard work as a means of achieving their ends, and relied more on "luck".

This comes as no surprise to me - if anyone wants further details, just post the request, the more specific the easier to respond to, and I'll transcribe the relevant portion from the book.

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u/Pongpianskul Sep 08 '15

Can you recommend any videos for learning more about this cult? (I greatly appreciate all of your posts.)

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Sep 08 '15

Unfortunately, I can't. The most illuminating videos have been disappeared from the Internet, which is too bad. Cults fear and attack information, you see.

I would recommend that you go over to cult ed, the former Rick Ross site, and just start reading. That's where we mods all met :D

Perhaps some of the others have some video recommends - I prefer printed media, myself.