I’m with you all here. The SO need to be delivered. It was exactly what got me out of the church, watching SO members walk single file from their bus to the Sand Castle at Flag during dinner break. They had only been gone barely 30 minutes. I was talking to my mom on my cell phone outside and watched this scene. It was in that moment that I realized I could no longer support this church as a group who treats people like this.

Foolproof, I vote for El Wrong Hubbard who had said HIS aliens take BILLIONS of tax evaders on a trans galactic trip in DC 8’s so that they could be nuked near volcanoes! LMAO

Very interesting points Statpush. Scn wasn’t always disassociated from giving though. The original bridge was supposed to be 50% auditing and 50% training which would have balanced out the flows. It’s very humbling to handle someone else’s problems that are worse than yours. It gives perspective. It’s funny how now, the rcs is on opposite ends, ie, give till you do yourself in, and, it’s all about you and your case gain. I think the latter group has been shrinking so the whole activity is now about martyrdom. 90% martyrs and 10% beautiful wealthy people who are fawned over. To all who are decompressing, I strongly recommend rejecting the concept of martyrdom and rid yourselves of this very bad habit, of being a martyr to the cause. You ARE good enough, your best is good enough, it’s ok to take your time, you deserve a peaceful and prosperous life. Go for it.

Young Russians, Hungarians, etc.. are coming on staff at Flag for obvious reasons. Even the Hare Krisna’s growth is coming from eastern Europe today. Quote from Wiki:
“In recent decades the movement’s most rapid expansions in terms of numbers of membership have been within Eastern Europe (especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union)…”

Like the rest of staff, Russians are cheap labor. But, as the cost of room and board increases as a percentage of ever declining income, they will eventually be unceremoniously off-loaded or sent to RPF to save DM’s Rubels.

Staff are inside the bubble and do not get the same truthful information the public gets (except when they attend these empty events with 80%staff and 20% public) and while many/most doubt DM or his “management people”, they have no where else to go. So, they stay on, getting their heads full of DM mush BS, hoping someday it will get better.

Great post! I never thought of that. So, JPC, do you think this will be their main venue in L.A. from now on?

Chuck, great comment.

DM does not push OT because he is a DB. Promoting OT as “important” would ultimately point a finger at him as “leader” who actually embodies the opposite of OT: a timid, frightened psychopath who shot every OT around him for the past 30 years. He is now all alone with no OTs to buffer his idiotic strategy and now just has his enMEST buildings and probably 10 terrified close sycophants to conjole him in his psychopathic megalomania.

Problem is, if they gave you a $1000 bill at the entrance, they would make sure they hit you for two of them at the way out. It’s all about the money.

Always enjoyed your comments John, here & elsewhere.
Money viewed practically has a way of producing it’s own explanation.