Jon and Karen talk about how language is used to control thought – particularly in Scientology and especially in its paramilitary branch, the Sea Org. They reminisce about dear friends lost to the web of this controlling group, and their hopes for the future.
links: to a .pdf of the full appendix to Orwell's 1984: https://kickapooclark.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/8/5/5085586/the_principles_of_newspeak_orwell.pdf
the shrinking world of L Ron Hubbard: https://youtu.be/L_w-YWwC1lI
for Hubbard's full letter to the Vets' Administration: https://www.spaink.net/cos/LRH-bio/psychbeg.htm
to read Jon's paper "Scientology: Religion or Intelligence Agency" : http://home.snafu.de/tilman/j/berlin.html?fbclid=IwAR3G8FA_m_jpw1sqwJLRTPtqlT8vTONCYInPmOlZ5yDPQVsNQeY8aNRAMto
to see the excellent work done by the Aftermath Foundation: http://theaftermathfoundation.org
