I think only the RAD afflicted with desperately strident ego needs to maximize displays of potency are vaccinated against realizing the authenticity of the Q-Team's close work with POTUS. Time will tell.
A cult? I don't think it qualifies. A cult implies that the belief system is soooooooo out of whack as to be built on quicksand, falsehoods and irrational thinking. None of that applies to the Q Team and their 2,300+ drops and the researchers responding to all that.
:: the belief system is soooooooo out of whack as to be built on quicksand, falsehoods and irrational thinking. ::
Humph...sounds like the Jehova’s Witness cult.
It's the behavior of the Qanon folks that gets them branded as a cult. They can't take the slightest bit of skepticism or disbelief in (what appears to be) their messianic leader, without becoming unglued.