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Cults - Scientology

Cults - Scientology

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 Episode 6: Scientology - "Operating Thetan: Inside Scientology's Mind Control Empire" From science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard's imagination emerged a multi-billion dollar organization that promises spiritual freedom while systematically exploiting its followers. This episode exposes Scientology's sophisticated control mechanisms: E-meter auditing that extracts confessions for blackmail, the expensive Bridge to Total Freedom costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the shocking Xenu story revealed only after years of investment. Members face forced disconnection from critical family, Sea Org's billion-year contracts with $50 weekly pay, and the RPF internal labor camps for dissenters. Through incremental commitment and sunk cost psychology, intelligent people remain trapped even after learning about body thetans and alien souls. The episode reveals how Scientology industrialized cult methodology, creating a replicable system of manipulation disguised as religious technology, and why the internet age is finally weakening their information control.
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