• IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world
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    Amazing how many people just allow themselves to get fucked and bullied.

    Nobody and I mean nobody is going to respond to you giving one of them a bloody nose.

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      Oh fuck no. You could not be more wrong. Scientology have connections deep into the police force and the cops will absolutely respond to their call. There are some cool people on youtube documenting their scientology protests and engagements and you bet the cops are always there and defending those assholes.

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        Who allowed Scientology to go this deep???

        Who allowed… Oh.

        If you have literal armed militias in a country with strong connections I guess Scientology is just a small footnote

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          They’re the cult that venerates the rich and famous in a dystopia where money is power. Of course they’re powerful. Especially because some of the narcissistic fucks who they venerate have joined up and tithe to the vile organization.

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      My guess, is so they can do a photo session showing their cult “helping” with disaster relief. This is a common thing for them. Then they show the photos to their own members during circle jerks to convince themselves that they’re doing good for the world. This in turn gets their members to pay more into the cult because they’re gullible enough to believe this shit.

      Source: Stuck my dick in crazy

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        Source: Stuck my dick in crazy

        It’s a solid source in fairness. At least you got out.

        You got out, right? Blink twice if they still have you.

        • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Yeah, when her cult started telling her how our relationship should operate. I told her to get out of my house if she’s going to comply with them instead of our own desires. I should have bailed way sooner though. She was pretty fuckin hot tho 😅

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              We had met within the BDSM lifestyle as a Dom/submissive. She also had another guy in addition to me. All three of us got along fine, everything was consensual etc.

              She was dabbling in scientology at the time but only just starting. The cult tells it’s new members they’re cool with everybody and everything. It’s not till they’ve got someone hooked that they start directing them towards a vanilla, heterosexual and monogamous relationship with no kids. Even then, they don’t say so to their face. It’s done through manipulation.

              • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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                Thanks for your insight. The biggest surprise to me is they discourage their members from having kids. Don’t (nearly?) all cults/religions encourage their members to be fruitful and multiply because the easiest way to get someone into their stuff is through their parents? Weird.

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                  Scientology is more about short term financial gains than head count. They encourage/train their members to have profitable careers. Having children makes it difficult to focus on running a business etc. The more money you make, the more money the cult can get out of you.

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          It was fun for awhile but when she started going further down the rabbit hole I wish I had broken things off instead of sticking it out further. Things only ever got worse for our relationship once she decided to pursue going clear.

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    Their self-appointed leader is David Miscavige, a (very slightly different) clone of the once and very-soon-to-be next future führer of the United States. Their dissimilarities are not that many, nor that deep.