we changed from one extreme cult to another cult.

You're "only just noticing", because you have downvoted, banned, and "cancelled" everyone who was warning you about it for a long time, under a pretence of them being "bigots" and "racists".

Not sure if that's an effective way to get change: categorize and denigrate a large number of people by using offensive stereotypes in an attempt to get others to hate them.