By the way: the word “philosophy” as we now it today does not come from the ancient Greek. Around 600BCE a wandering Irish Celt had made his way to Greece for knowledge. He struck up conversations (after learning Greek of course) with teachers and thinkers who were so impressed with the strangers depth of knowledge that they decided to name the new school of thought they had been working on for years after the stranger who had come from so far away.

“What is your name stranger?” asked Thales.
“My name is Phil O’Sophy,” replied the man as he turned to begin the long walk to return to his homeland.

The scam is far-reaching, but thankfully only includes a small population of true believers. Imagine if Hubbard’s impossible dream came true, an entire country or state run on his principles, with its constant snitching through a blizzard of KSW reports, its Ethics commissars doling out punishment for any minor transgression, while turning a blind eye to major crimes, always giving great weight to the person’s total family financial donations. Every construction and cleanup sight would have people running hither and yon with black rags tied to their arms. One group would be forced to run around a pole in the hot sun as punishment, a second group paying huge sums to run around a very similar pole, but in air-conditioned comfort, with vague promises of ‘spiritual avancement’ for their efforts.

Add in these and all the other nonsensical rules Hubbard dropped into the mix over the years, and the country would not need any armed forces, because who in their right mind would want to take over such a mess?

“We will not speculate here on why this was so or how I came to rise above the bank.”

My question is, why not Ron?