Scientology and Stalin.

There are a number of strange creepy parallels between Scientology and the Soviet Union under Stalin.

'How can this be?' you may ask- 'LRH was always so anti communist'.

My answer is that LRH always criticises those he plagiarises. Dianetics is little more than a combination of early Freud and stage hypnotism- and LRH spent half the book criticising both these things.

1. Central planning. Both Scientology and Stalin are great control freaks. Both use an obsessive form of planning by objectives by which targets are set for every imaginable activity. Both churned out the same sort of propaganda by statistic. Stats are always up!!!

2. Cult of personality. It was common to applaud photographs of Stalin at public meetings in exactly the same way LRH is applauded today.

3. Prestige projects. The Soviet Union under Stalin was fond of gigantic investments that often made little economic sense. A network of canals was build that was slightly too shallow for the boats it was intended for. Many thousands died in the building of these canals but the canals themselves were not the real point. The main product were a range of plays and films about the construction effort itself. The Co$ is building its own canals in the form of white elephant 'Super Power' buildings that never seem to get completed.

4. The Gulag and the RPF. The early Gulag was seen as a means to reform citizens through self criticism and honest work- almost exactly like the RPF but less psychologically destructive. Later on the Gulags became a necessary part of the Soviet planning mechanism and attempts to reform were dropped.

5. Fear of the Other. Stalin had his Spies and his Wreckers. David Miscarriage has his SP's. The effect is the same- to provide a ready excuse for failure.