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		By: Creepy Cult Escapee		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515926&quot;&gt;Peter Blood&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh my! I just watched an excellent movie titled, &quot;Captain Blood&quot; starring Errol Flynn. It was made in the 1930s but is still very relevent.  It was about Peter Blood.

There were many parallels between the horrible cult of Scamatology and the horrible cult of pirates that plagued the High Seas for so many years.

I recommend this movie because it shows you just how awful the life of pirates were and compares them to the lives of the cult members.

The head pirate gets all the money and all the glory. The members of his crew get almost nothing. 

You won&#039;t believe just how terribly the women in the Pirate Clubs were treated. Just imagine the very worst treatment you can. Then multiply that by 100 and that is how the women were treated.

All the male pirates used to think that raping the women was a sign of their virility and that all the women really loved being treated that way.

If you get the chance to see this movie, you will be amazed at the parallels between the way that pirates lived and the way that member of this criminal cult live. 

&quot;If you have never been a member of this creepy cult, &lt;b&gt; DO NOT JOIN!!! &lt;/b&gt;


&quot;If you are currenly a member,  then &lt;b&gt; QUIT AND ESCAPE JUST AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!  
THEN, WARN EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO STAY AWAY AND NEVER EVER ENQUIRE ABOUT JOINING THIS LIFE-DESTROYING CRIMINAL CULT.  DO NOT EVER JOIN! NEVER EVER JOIN!!! &lt;/b&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515926">Peter Blood</a>.</p>
<p>Oh my! I just watched an excellent movie titled, &#8220;Captain Blood&#8221; starring Errol Flynn. It was made in the 1930s but is still very relevent.  It was about Peter Blood.</p>
<p>There were many parallels between the horrible cult of Scamatology and the horrible cult of pirates that plagued the High Seas for so many years.</p>
<p>I recommend this movie because it shows you just how awful the life of pirates were and compares them to the lives of the cult members.</p>
<p>The head pirate gets all the money and all the glory. The members of his crew get almost nothing. </p>
<p>You won&#8217;t believe just how terribly the women in the Pirate Clubs were treated. Just imagine the very worst treatment you can. Then multiply that by 100 and that is how the women were treated.</p>
<p>All the male pirates used to think that raping the women was a sign of their virility and that all the women really loved being treated that way.</p>
<p>If you get the chance to see this movie, you will be amazed at the parallels between the way that pirates lived and the way that member of this criminal cult live. </p>
<p>&#8220;If you have never been a member of this creepy cult, <b> DO NOT JOIN!!! </b></p>
<p>&#8220;If you are currenly a member,  then <b> QUIT AND ESCAPE JUST AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!<br />
THEN, WARN EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO STAY AWAY AND NEVER EVER ENQUIRE ABOUT JOINING THIS LIFE-DESTROYING CRIMINAL CULT.  DO NOT EVER JOIN! NEVER EVER JOIN!!! </b></p>
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		By: PeaceMaker		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-516000&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Anonymous&lt;/a&gt;.

LA Anon, after WWI Hollywood was a breeding ground for sympathy to Communism - a type of idealism and utopianism very similar to Hubbard&#039;s Scientology.  He liked to criticize Soviet Russia after Stalinism&#039;s autocratic brutality was exposed - and yet he created an organization that for the mass of regular members, was very much like it with everything from ideological thought reform enforced by secret police and a culture of snitching, to an expectation that the average worker bee would live minimally, pooling labor and assets in support of the greater worldwide cause.

The form of fascism Hubbard embraced is not that fundamentally different, I think.  And  McCarthyism seems to me to fit with his penchant for narcissistic scapegoating of others, including imaging of conspiracies of sorts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-516000">Los Angeles Anonymous</a>.</p>
<p>LA Anon, after WWI Hollywood was a breeding ground for sympathy to Communism &#8211; a type of idealism and utopianism very similar to Hubbard&#8217;s Scientology.  He liked to criticize Soviet Russia after Stalinism&#8217;s autocratic brutality was exposed &#8211; and yet he created an organization that for the mass of regular members, was very much like it with everything from ideological thought reform enforced by secret police and a culture of snitching, to an expectation that the average worker bee would live minimally, pooling labor and assets in support of the greater worldwide cause.</p>
<p>The form of fascism Hubbard embraced is not that fundamentally different, I think.  And  McCarthyism seems to me to fit with his penchant for narcissistic scapegoating of others, including imaging of conspiracies of sorts.</p>
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		By: Los Angeles Anonymous		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The idea that Google employee’s would have made easy targets for the cult is laughable to me. They already belong to their own cult almost. Tech companies do a great job of indoctrination within corporate culture. You aren’t getting past that easily. They are also more intelligent and have access to a lot of data. I mean the word associations and search returns for Scientology would even be across some employees’ desk there. Especially once AfterMath started and the word was out. High paying tech jobs attract certain personalities. None of those are great marks for the CofS’s pockets. Most tech related employees are also highly opinionated about the world and often have already formed a strong sense of self. Work motivated, career motivated. They don’t have time to audit and the bad Sci-fi of L. Ron’s religion wouldn’t pass a sniff test. 
Artists make better targets. Actors and musicians especially. Tend to be less educated. More egocentric and want to get ahead. Are more likely to suffer from substance abuse . Want to hear that they could be “super heroes” in a religion and achieve god like powers. 
Both industries have ambitious people for sure but how they go about ambition is different. 
Hollywood was a great breeding ground for fascism prior to WWII, L.Ron knew that. They had influence, money and a desire to be superior to the average man. 
It’s why he set his sights so clearly on entertainment from the beginning.
Art is a great manipulator made by easily to manipulate, manipulators.
The dawn of social media was the thing he couldn’t for-see and the inability to silence us all. For better or worse the internet is the land of information and misinformation. Scientology couldn’t get ahold of it and it eventually got ahold of Scientology. The average user online has a negative to indifferent word association with the cult now. 
Their numbers are at an all time low and that can’t be corrected. 
Their biggest stars don’t have significant careers anymore and new talent knows it would be career suicide to get involved with the cult.( Tom Cruise is their last warrior) 
The cult is now associated with cover ups, assault, human trafficking, homo phobia and other wise. 
The teams of today that surround new talent in Hollywood will fight tooth and nail to keep their money makers anyway from anything that can tarnish their names on line. Changing their own search returns and word associations. 
Prior to Kanye’s down fall. He had the better chance of a full Hollywood cult take over and had already started the early days of it. Thankfully his true self was unveiled sooner rather than later. 
If L. Ron had founded Scientology today, it never would have gained the traction it once had. Which is why they couldn’t even re-brand if they wanted to. 
The unveiling would come too quickly. Especially in Hollywood. With millions of eyes glued to every word and mistake an artist could make. It would never happen again. 
You could imagine what L.Ron’s twitter account would be like. 
Ah yes. I can see the 3am fights with Elon right now. There wouldn’t have been enough room for two egos that large.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea that Google employee’s would have made easy targets for the cult is laughable to me. They already belong to their own cult almost. Tech companies do a great job of indoctrination within corporate culture. You aren’t getting past that easily. They are also more intelligent and have access to a lot of data. I mean the word associations and search returns for Scientology would even be across some employees’ desk there. Especially once AfterMath started and the word was out. High paying tech jobs attract certain personalities. None of those are great marks for the CofS’s pockets. Most tech related employees are also highly opinionated about the world and often have already formed a strong sense of self. Work motivated, career motivated. They don’t have time to audit and the bad Sci-fi of L. Ron’s religion wouldn’t pass a sniff test.<br />
Artists make better targets. Actors and musicians especially. Tend to be less educated. More egocentric and want to get ahead. Are more likely to suffer from substance abuse . Want to hear that they could be “super heroes” in a religion and achieve god like powers.<br />
Both industries have ambitious people for sure but how they go about ambition is different.<br />
Hollywood was a great breeding ground for fascism prior to WWII, L.Ron knew that. They had influence, money and a desire to be superior to the average man.<br />
It’s why he set his sights so clearly on entertainment from the beginning.<br />
Art is a great manipulator made by easily to manipulate, manipulators.<br />
The dawn of social media was the thing he couldn’t for-see and the inability to silence us all. For better or worse the internet is the land of information and misinformation. Scientology couldn’t get ahold of it and it eventually got ahold of Scientology. The average user online has a negative to indifferent word association with the cult now.<br />
Their numbers are at an all time low and that can’t be corrected.<br />
Their biggest stars don’t have significant careers anymore and new talent knows it would be career suicide to get involved with the cult.( Tom Cruise is their last warrior)<br />
The cult is now associated with cover ups, assault, human trafficking, homo phobia and other wise.<br />
The teams of today that surround new talent in Hollywood will fight tooth and nail to keep their money makers anyway from anything that can tarnish their names on line. Changing their own search returns and word associations.<br />
Prior to Kanye’s down fall. He had the better chance of a full Hollywood cult take over and had already started the early days of it. Thankfully his true self was unveiled sooner rather than later.<br />
If L. Ron had founded Scientology today, it never would have gained the traction it once had. Which is why they couldn’t even re-brand if they wanted to.<br />
The unveiling would come too quickly. Especially in Hollywood. With millions of eyes glued to every word and mistake an artist could make. It would never happen again.<br />
You could imagine what L.Ron’s twitter account would be like.<br />
Ah yes. I can see the 3am fights with Elon right now. There wouldn’t have been enough room for two egos that large.</p>
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		By: Peter Blood		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515680&quot;&gt;Jace&lt;/a&gt;.

Ideal Org = Idle Morgue yeah.  Still a good one!  Populated if at all by apropos Cult Zombies.]]></description>
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<p>Ideal Org = Idle Morgue yeah.  Still a good one!  Populated if at all by apropos Cult Zombies.</p>
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		By: Louis Anderson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louis Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515674&quot;&gt;Rip Van Winkle&lt;/a&gt;.

There may not be any need to postulate. But there are plenty of women walking back and forth who solicit men for sex. They look like they are addicted to some kind of drugs and they certainly appear to be postulating themselves.]]></description>
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<p>There may not be any need to postulate. But there are plenty of women walking back and forth who solicit men for sex. They look like they are addicted to some kind of drugs and they certainly appear to be postulating themselves.</p>
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		By: safetyguy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[safetyguy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515713&quot;&gt;Alcoboy&lt;/a&gt;.

Si

Just an imitation.]]></description>
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<p>Si</p>
<p>Just an imitation.</p>
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		By: Alcoboy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alcoboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515706&quot;&gt;safetyguy&lt;/a&gt;.

Showwwww me the money?
You sound like a certain Mr. Misckiewickz!]]></description>
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<p>Showwwww me the money?<br />
You sound like a certain Mr. Misckiewickz!</p>
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		By: safetyguy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/silicon-valley-scientology-dead-or-dying/#comment-515657&quot;&gt;Alcoboy&lt;/a&gt;.

But, but, but, is the money still coming in?

Showwwww me the money!!!! and do it now.]]></description>
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<p>But, but, but, is the money still coming in?</p>
<p>Showwwww me the money!!!! and do it now.</p>
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		By: Jace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 01:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I protested at the Los Gatos morgue. Right after Katie left Tom.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I protested at the Los Gatos morgue. Right after Katie left Tom.</p>
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		By: Rip Van Winkle		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rip Van Winkle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No foot traffic, ever.

But you got parking, no need to postulate.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No foot traffic, ever.</p>
<p>But you got parking, no need to postulate.</p>
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