WARNING: this video contains descriptions of physical harm to a child.  

William Pierce's Turner Diaries inspired the Oklahoma City bombing and is an essential text for neo-Nazis. Kelvin Pierce talks about his father, a professor of physics who became embroiled in the American Nazi Party and created the National Alliance and the Church of Cosmotheism. Kelvin and Jon discuss about the hatred that turned his father into a monster.

Scientology inc's obsession with sex,  particularly the sexual activities of its members, comes to a head when it demands every detail in "confessional" interrogations, which public members pay for.  The demand for sexual activity secrets is a disturbing preoccupation.  All confessions are stored on video and in worksheets, as ammunition for later blackmail as needed.  Wholesale coerced  abortions are also discussed.

It is vital to form your own identity after leaving an abusive relationship or group. Why 'narcissism' is the wrong word and the importance of growing up. Frances shares her own remarkable story as a born-in member who left at age 44. Frances Peters has successfully counseled many former followers of authoritarian groups.

Spike joins Jon to break down a seminal model of thought control - Robert Jay Lifton's classic "eight deadly sins" - a list of behaviors and tactics used by authoritarian groups and abusive predators to gain control, whether in a spiritual or philosophical group, a multi-level marketing scheme, a dysfunctional family, or an entire nation. First laid out in Robert Jay Lifton's excellent book "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism", these eight points can be found in some form in most authoritarian groups and abusive relationships of all kinds and sizes. 

Psychotherapist Jessica Terwiel talks with Jon about the effect of fear, threat and PTSD on decision-making and prioritizing. Some helpful suggestions for those in stressful situations caused by relationship break-ups and departure from authoritarian cults.  ________________ help support our channel! paypal (for one-time donations) : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jonatackandfriends patreon (for a monthly subscription - also for goodies like early access and a monthly Q&A with Jon!): https://www.patreon.com/jonatack  follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atack_jonand Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openmindstoday/   for respectful, insightful, and engaging discussion on coercive control, manipulation, abusive groups and individuals, and more, join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/803202686721445/ (for faster acceptance to the group, please answer the “prove you’re not a ‘bot” questions)

Everyone's talking about not talking about Bruno, and with all this family dysfunction, there's bound to be something culty going on, right?   Spike and Monia take a look at this charming Disney offering and talk about not only Bruno, but also the high expectations of a "perfect" magical family, the unhealthy repression of feelings kept under the surface, and exactly why Abuela Alma is NOT a cult leader. They also discuss some of the theories floating around the internet, and rave about just how wonderful the music and animation is, with a few tangents thrown in for good measure.

there are many forms of authoritarian relationship - from the reverence given to a dictator to submission to an intimate partner. Documentarian and actor Hoyt Richards talks with Jon about the intricacies of these relationships.

Eton College is perhaps the world's most prestigious school. The college's journalism society invited Jon to give a full and frank talk on the perils of investigating scientology, the 16 years of harassment he suffered in consequence, and the immense amount of pre-internet research for Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky, Bare-faced Messiah, and Cult of Greed.  

links: the shrinking world of L. Ron Hubbard https://youtu.be/L_w-YWwC1lI 

possible origins for Scientology and Dianetics: r

ead the paper https://home.snafu.de/tilman/j/origins6.htmlor 

watch the video part one: https://youtu.be/VGQXQaiLa2A

part two: https://youtu.be/0wzlxBiAQtc

Hubbard taught nothing about love or compassion. Just as Mao transformed traditional family loyalty into devotion of the Communist Party, Hubbard demanded loyalty to Scientology and even shattered the natural bond between parents and their children. Conversation about the 'genetic entity' showing how Hubbard actually despised family relationship and showed neither love nor compassion for his own wives and children.  

links:  

Jon's paper "possible origins of Dianetics and Scientology" : http://home.snafu.de/tilman/j/origins...

or watch the video:  

part 1: https://youtu.be/VGQXQaiLa2A

part 2: https://youtu.be/0wzlxBiAQtc

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psychotherapist Jessica Terwiel talks with Jon about Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and her perception from significant clinical experience that the symptoms attributed to CPTSD are not necessarily caused by trauma. This becomes extremely important in cases where therapists have insisted that there must be a trauma, so have at times led clients to generate false memories. This is relevant to the nascent Satanic Panic that is once again taking hold in the West.  

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