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Parents killed their children first, which sapped a will to live from the adults. What outsiders later clearly saw as an act of [[nihilism]], the cultists regarded as an act imbued with profound meaning. Jim Jones told them that they gave their lives for the glory of [[Communism]]. They did not surrender in laying down their lives. They protested.
Parents killed their children first, which sapped a will to live from the adults. What outsiders later clearly saw as an act of [[nihilism]], the cultists regarded as an act imbued with profound meaning. Jim Jones told them that they gave their lives for the glory of [[Communism]]. They did not surrender in laying down their lives. They protested.
:''“This is not the way for people who are socialistic Communists to die, no way for us to die, We must die with some dignity,''
:''“This is not the way for people who are socialistic Communists to die, no way for us to die, We must die with some dignity,''<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1CpgwbPA0 Revolutionary suicide protesting the inhumane conditions of this world],'' Jim Jones, Guyana, November 18, 1978.</ref>
Jones announced as children cried and his followers convulsed and collapsed.
Jones announced as children cried and his followers convulsed and collapsed.