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Authoritarian cults like Scientology use loaded language to restrict and control thinking. Spike joins Jon for a discussion of this and some of the vital ways in which language is used to bypass reasoning.#scientologycult #scientology #lronhubbard #dianetics
Links:The appendix to Orwell's 1984The Hubbard "Zimbabwe" interviewJon's paper, "Scientology: Religion or Intelligence Agency?"More about the Bear Fedio IndexThe hospital scene in Star Trek IVSpike's open letter to the media relations director of LegolandSpike's love of Lego made manifest
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Authoritarian cults like Scientology use loaded language to restrict and control thinking. Spike joins Jon for a discussion of this and some of the vital ways in which language is used to bypass reasoning.#scientologycult #scientology #lronhubbard #dianetics
Links:The appendix to Orwell's 1984The Hubbard "Zimbabwe" interviewJon's paper, "Scientology: Religion or Intelligence Agency?"More about the Bear Fedio IndexThe hospital scene in Star Trek IVSpike's open letter to the media relations director of LegolandSpike's love of Lego made manifest
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