2026-08-31 21:57 UTC
@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe it is, in many ways, a masterpiece. Hubbard goes on record as saying the way to get rich is start a religion. Writes a book of cod-psychology meets wishful thinking as a religion. Gets rich.
Somehow, along the way, persuades his gullible followers that the part where you become immortal by following this miraculous faith doesn’t apply to the fact that he’s dead now…
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@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe 2026-08-31 22:00
@PinkNigel@cupoftea.social none of the ways are literary or artistic though
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@CosmickTrigger@social.edist.ro 2026-08-31 22:05
@PinkNigel@cupoftea.social @SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe L. Ron Hubbard was a member of the same O.T.O Thelema group as Jack Parsons, who was a complete badass. He wound up fucking Parsons over by defrauding him out of his life savings. Hubbard was always a piece of shit