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“To keep a person on the Scientology path, feed him a mystery sandwich.” Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu on L. Ron Hubbard and the secret history of Scientology:
It was during these years at sea that Scientology adopted the malevolent, secretive character for which it is now infamous. The period left a “legacy of […] belittling behavior toward subordinates and […] paranoia about the government,” Wright writes. “Such traits stamped the religion as an extremely secretive and sometimes hostile organization that saw enemies on every corner.” During this time, Hubbard expanded his theories and instituted a new system of punishments to address disciplinary issues (including crew members who questioned his command or relationships of which he disapproved). When a Sea Org executive was unable to connect a steel cable on the dock during a storm, Hubbard ordered him thrown into the sea. After that, Wright reports, “overboardings became routine.”
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“To keep a person on the Scientology path, feed him a mystery sandwich.” Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu on L. Ron Hubbard and the secret history of Scientology:
It was during these years at sea that Scientology adopted the malevolent, secretive character for which it is now infamous. The period left a “legacy of […] belittling behavior toward subordinates and […] paranoia about the government,” Wright writes. “Such traits stamped the religion as an extremely secretive and sometimes hostile organization that saw enemies on every corner.” During this time, Hubbard expanded his theories and instituted a new system of punishments to address disciplinary issues (including crew members who questioned his command or relationships of which he disapproved). When a Sea Org executive was unable to connect a steel cable on the dock during a storm, Hubbard ordered him thrown into the sea. After that, Wright reports, “overboardings became routine.”
Read more here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/742e01f0cc901715e59e83e56f8ee3e1/tumblr_mmr0rc9Mue1qieieio1_1280.jpg)
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“To keep a person on the Scientology path, feed him a mystery sandwich.” Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu on L. Ron Hubbard and the secret history of Scientology:
It was during these years at sea that Scientology adopted the malevolent, secretive character for which it is now infamous. The period left a “legacy of […] belittling behavior toward subordinates and […] paranoia about the government,” Wright writes. “Such traits stamped the religion as an extremely secretive and sometimes hostile organization that saw enemies on every corner.” During this time, Hubbard expanded his theories and instituted a new system of punishments to address disciplinary issues (including crew members who questioned his command or relationships of which he disapproved). When a Sea Org executive was unable to connect a steel cable on the dock during a storm, Hubbard ordered him thrown into the sea. After that, Wright reports, “overboardings became routine.”
Read more here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/a258b70aa7eac7abeeb7e951d3e576e2/tumblr_mmr0rc9Mue1qieieio3_400.jpg)
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“To keep a person on the Scientology path, feed him a mystery sandwich.” Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu on L. Ron Hubbard and the secret history of Scientology:
It was during these years at sea that Scientology adopted the malevolent, secretive character for which it is now infamous. The period left a “legacy of […] belittling behavior toward subordinates and […] paranoia about the government,” Wright writes. “Such traits stamped the religion as an extremely secretive and sometimes hostile organization that saw enemies on every corner.” During this time, Hubbard expanded his theories and instituted a new system of punishments to address disciplinary issues (including crew members who questioned his command or relationships of which he disapproved). When a Sea Org executive was unable to connect a steel cable on the dock during a storm, Hubbard ordered him thrown into the sea. After that, Wright reports, “overboardings became routine.”
Read more here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/becf95788b77bd18cdf66f15ed17224f/tumblr_mmr0rc9Mue1qieieio2_1280.jpg)
