yes, unfortunately i think the LDS church is just a typical church now, it’s just that being mormon is so overwhelmingly common (and not being mormon is incredibly uncommon) in some places that there’s a lot of overlap between it and the political sphere.

of course, it’s important to note that the LDS church was originally a cult in the same vein as the FLDS church. joseph smith was obviously a cult leader if you look into the history at all. but, i don’t really think the structure of the church mirrors a cult any longer (unlike scientology): people are allowed to leave the church, there isn’t a bunch of separation from families, there’s no extreme wealth/labor extraction from members, etc etc