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Interesting, eugenicists never start with themselves do they?

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It goes hand-in-hand with ingrained feelings of superiority. It's ironic considering how much brainwashing is used to accomplish that feeling.

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

At the law firm of Dunning, Kruger, & Associates, intuition and confidence are the hallmarks of every thing they do. Brilliant, really. Brill. Yant.

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LOL. Wasn't expecting that, I did actually laugh out loud - thank you for that, not too often I get to laugh these days :)

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You need more sunshine in your life! God bless you. Amen.

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Mathew, with these types of character structures, the feeling of superiority and power is never satisfied....it comes from deep trauma and to cope with a extremely fragile, very buried developed self, they need superiorness and power to keep those feelings at bay. The problem is because the original problems are always with these structures, they will never be satisfied and always need more and more.....otherwise, the underlying issues threaten to pop up. These characters though are qualitatively different than most people. They have been nurtured and encouraged to rise to the top.

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Mathew, why are you ignoring my comments. This has happened several times now.

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It is not worth writing you if you do acknowledge. I spend a lot of time writing comments to you.

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Exactly. You win the internet for today! :)

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Jul 27, 2023·edited Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

I immediately recognized the (mRNA lol : ) word salad , ugh, similarity of Scientology, Google, and Plandemic inverse speak. It's distorted to say the least. Easy as pie to spot. Been seeing it for at least 5 years. It's pretty gross, imo. "They" appear disturbed. May they be their own worst enemy.

PS It's so good to see you Mathew! It makes me happy : )

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

Scientologists are nothing if not thoroughly inconsistent.

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I think that the spiteful view is that they're inconsistent because L Ron Hubbard was an incompetent narcissist. What I have come to believe is that they're inconsistent because Hubbard was part of a malevolent supremacist hierarchy that set Scientology up as an agency to recruit for missions. The ideology and image must be steered for the sake of those missions.

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

Good point. I have a friend who was driven halfway insane by them when she realized she had been indoctrinated into a cult and headed for the exit. They hounded and gaslit her until she didn't know who or what was real anymore.

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Sweet Mama, the story about your friend brought tears to my eyes. So sad what we humans do to each other sometimes, often in the name of “helping” or “saving” us.

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

I don't think that is spiteful to point out Hubbard's malign personality.

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Jul 28, 2023·edited Jul 28, 2023Author

I just mean that spite and anger without care and control can lead us to underestimate the enemy.

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TRUE!

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

L Ron was a narcissist but was far from incompetent. He wrote over 100 science fiction books...quite impressive.

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Jul 28, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

His scifi was quantity over quality. I think it was Asimov and Herbert who were particularly dismissive of LRH. Like his "Space Jazz" music which I, as a jazz fan, find tedious. I'm still grateful to Mathew for pointing to that music as I never knew about that LOL.

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I think tje quantity was to quickly write Theosophy into sci-fi as a template for his plans.

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There are a lot of similarities between the mystery schools and LRH's fiction. You should chat with Daniel Liszt over at darkjournalist.com as he's a walking library on the esoteric / mystery schools and their influence on society and covers specific individuals like Jack Parsons and LRH along with a lot of others throughout the last 100+ years.

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

That is very interesting.

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Also, for two years post college, I lived in an apartment complex across the street from that big castle the Scientologists have in Hollywood, CA, and, well, my apartment manager gave me this long print out about their whole history, very hush hush because many tenants were members, and he was worried that because I was kind of a spiritual seeker who also had a penchant for reckless adventure that I might get high one day and decide to go for a walk around the castle grounds. That printout stopped ANY curiosity or generosity toward that cult.

But there was one positive--those tenants would sometimes suddenly disappear, leaving all their possessions behind and pretty much my whole apartment got furnished for free by taking the “loot”! One day, my girlfriend had convinced me to finally go buy a bed, manager knocks on the door about five minutes before leaving and says, “Really nice pull-out futon upstairs might solve your sleeping problems? Ya want it!”

Yes, indeed, I used this story many times with my girlfriend to justify my laziness! Ha ha.

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

Thanks Mathew. Wow. You can't make this stuff up. Peace.

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When I thought it couldn't get any creepier. I've just finished Whitney Webb's two-volume "One Nation Under Blackmail: The sordid union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein." Nor can I fathom why there are still so many people who believe the TV. Thanks, Prussian education!

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Great reads. Webb knows her stuff.

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If someone does not have a study to support what they are saying, I do not listen to them. A study will tell me if the analysis makes sense, if there were enough ppl in the study, etc.

When we finally got the Pfizer study to review, we saw they used the faulty "Relative Risk Reduction" factor instead of the "Absolute Risk Reduction". They simply lied. RRR is meaningless in terms of a vaccine.

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Putting people and institutions on a pedestal higher than God is dangerous. Some, like Harari seek to usurp God as evidenced by his “Jesus is fake news” comment. Others, like Scientologists pretend to align with God.

Both are liars vying to replace God. Most legacy organized religions have done a terrible job defending God. What do I mean by, God? I mean the acceptance that our conscious realm was created by a planning intelligent force that we are hopeless to fully understand.

Despite the obfuscators that say otherwise free will is arguably the basis for our existence. We are free to accept or reject anything. That’s messy. Real messy. But necessary if we are to become truly free going forward.

We’ve got this guide book called The Holy Bible that hardly anybody takes the time to understand yet is jam packed with the wisdom of the ages that hasn’t changed in over 2,000 years. Everything still applies like it was written yesterday. But…science! Right?

Anyway, as we veer farther from moral fortitude, honesty, valor, simple right and wrong, we’ve got people vying to replace God. In the minds of millions the two current standouts are Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Both are worshipped by their followers. Both are seen as “the answer” to all our problems. Both are tremendously influential. Easily the highest ranking influencers of our time. Any flaws or contradictions are overlooked.

They are in my view the two most dangerous humans on the planet because they, almost like big pharma itself, are utterly un-criticizable without tremendous blowback. That’s worrisome. Society affords them tremendous power. To the point they can do complete 180s and it’s OK. But, it’s not OK. But millions won’t realize it until it’s way too late.

If Trump gets re-elected and says CBDCs are OK, who’s going to argue? If Musk implants Neuralink into himself and says it’s great! Who’s going to argue? We, as a society, are shifting away from what’s real and being led into a false reality. The net result is to remove free will from our lives and turn us into willing serfs.

May God help us all.

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Your post was inspiring, especially in regards to The Holy Bible. If more people read it and tried to understand the message, we’d all be better off in so many ways. However, I must disagree with your part about Trump. You make it sound like his supporters are all in a cult. I definitely will be voting for him as my President, not my pastor. He’s a fighter and not a bought politician. He has flaws like all of us, but he wants our country to be better and hopefully the best. God, family, country. I don’t see anyone who has fought our corrupt government as much as he has, while never backing down.

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Thank you for your candor and kindness. Respectfully, my issue with Trump is that virtually all the good that he accomplished while president got reversed at the last minute.

The key catalyst of that reversal was the Plandemic. Prior to covid we all said Trump was a genius. But, apparently he wasn’t smart enough to know that every decision he made 9mos before the election set the table for his political demise and with it all the accomplishments that we citizens enjoyed if only for a short time.

Now, if I am to accept the narrative that he was bamboozled and backed into an impossible corner, that’s fine. However, now is his chance to convince me he’s learned something.

Instead, RFK is actually saying what I’d be expecting Trump to say but isn’t. So I’m suspicious. Suspicious that Trump is owned. Suspicious that everything he says and does is theatre. This whole drain the swamp thing that never happened is getting old but it still plays well.

The bottom line is, when I separate his salesmanship from actual results I’m not impressed. Forget the past. Look at where we are today. Did we get here because genius Trump was bested? Or did we get here because it cements our unyielding allegiance to Trump going forward?

What worries me is, just like we were unapologetically led to take his DARPA vaccines we are going to be led to take CBDCs. Because if Trump says they’re beautiful and necessary few will argue.

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Jul 28, 2023·edited Jul 28, 2023

"But, apparently he wasn’t smart enough to know that every decision he made 9mos before the election set the table for his political demise" - or was it all part of the plan?

Trump comes in as saviour and then gets cheated out of his second term. Biden gets to push everything to the breaking point then Trump comes back to clean up but most of the changes are "fait acompli" like the injections.

Which party or president renewed the homeland security crap that's been in place since 2001? All of them.

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100% plus certsin executive orders he signed promoting the agenda. It’s an act. An act that never quite delivers.

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Egg-Zactly

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Jul 29, 2023·edited Jul 29, 2023

GLK well written and polite. I actually find what you are saying to be well-thought out and balanced. I can see why you have this view. I also have the same view, but you organized you thoughts in a way that I could not have.

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Trump tried to speak up about ivermectin and other treatments; this resulted in him being unmercifully attacked. I think Trump thought the ‘scientists/experts’ were above the fray, but towards the end he was fed up with Fauci and replaced him with Scott Atlas. Again, attacked for doing that. I agree he needs to call out big Pharma’s weaponization of covid vaccine. Trump accomplished much during his time; it’s sad that you can’t remember all that he was able to do all while Dems, RINOs, media and big tech hampered him. Obama & Hillary set up RussiaGate that tied up two years, two phony impeachments, 51 intel officials lied about Hunter’s laptop, and much more. Accomplishing what he did while fighting the deep state needs commended. He now knows what he’s up against and I hope he burns them to the ground.

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Totally agree - again! Thank you for your great comments!

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Thank you

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I never said I can’t remember. What I said is it doesn’t matter. What he accomplished yesterday is not who we are today. I live in the present and realize that Trump is a big reason why we got here. He’s recycling the same tired drain the swamp, lock her up! rhetoric we heard before. You appear to believe next time will be different. I’ve explained why I am skeptical but really, I hope you are right.

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Jul 30, 2023·edited Jul 30, 2023

It really does read like a tired script. He’ll “win” again so the easily aggravated will stay in yo-yo mode another 2 years and with enormous hope will drop their guard again.

I have many friends who believe he’s the savior. For 3 years I’ve heard the big day is coming but it never comes. All evidence to the contrary.

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Jul 30, 2023·edited Jul 30, 2023

Either that, or he plays the greatest act in history and is really just part of the agenda. He gets an enormous amount of press, 365 days a year in all mainstream media, even when he’s not president. You know who doesn’t get press? Everyone not part of the illicit agenda.

Trump is still pro-vaccine. Quoted as saying it has saved millions of lives. Don’t buy the bumbling fool act or that he “beat the system” and surprised everyone by winning in 2016. And don’t underestimate the power of the elite.

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Nobody alive have larger more rabid fan bases than Elon Musk and Donald Trump. They are exactly the same in the sense that criticizing either one results in locking horns with millions of irrational people who are either convinced that without them the world is absolutely doomed. Or, they are so evil we’d be better off without them. The polarization is off the charts. This zero-sum, no middle ground attitude is extremely dangerous in my view.

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It is indeed and that's why we have it. Nothing gets through without a rubber stamp from the people in power--nothing. Everything we see, hear, read is specifically created, chosen, strategized and directed. Trump was no accident and Elon certainly isn't. The electric car-come-starlink/AI engineer-come spaceman-come Paypal guru. Please--he's just the face of a great psy-op.

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I agree! 🙏🏻🇺🇸

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The father of my sister's friend's husband (whew!) knew L Ron Hubbard. Both cranked out pulp fiction, back in the day. Drinking buddies, L Ron used to disclose his plans for becoming wealthy: starting a new "religion."

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When I was studying to become an Interfaith minister I decided to check out Scientology... not just read about the fire storm around it. I walked into their place of business in Boulder CO and told them I was interested in the process of becoming a Scientologist. The place was clean, with desks in a large room, people very normal and friendly. They put down a book that was very child like. One concept on each page with a large illustration...with concepts such as "There is good and evil in the world." The direction was "As long as you agree with the concept turn the page, when you don't let us know." I came to a concept that I couldn't buy...(sorry, can't remember what is was, but nothing as controversial as 'climate change', just something that I couldn't get 100% behind.) I motioned the guy over, he took me in his office. He laid our the logic and asked if I could now buy it. I said, "yeah sorry, can't buy it." He said, "Well thanks for coming in! If you don't believe that then we can't go further." Being raised Catholic...where questioning got you... 'It's a mystery' at best or called 'a blasphemer for questioning God' at worst. At least Scientologist had what I viewed as better logic... "We are never going to sell you our 'philosophy' and you won't buy what we are selling if we can't get you to tip toe around gray areas." I walked out with respect for a program that was at least honest about its method. That method just might be to flush out the free thinkers out of the gate.

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Jul 27, 2023·edited Jul 27, 2023

What does Scientology have to do with RFK, Jr. or Trump??? Or rather, what do they have to do with it?

Are there really still people who believe that Scientology nonsense? Remember: Hubbard was a science FICTION writer! The only Scientologists I ever got acquainted with were weird and NUTS!

Back in the early seventies, the Scientologists bought the large Cedars of Lebanon Hospital building in Hollywood when the hospital relocated to the new Cedars-Sinai complex. They painted the entire building a shocking bright blue. Quite an eyesore! Strange people!

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Connections are coming. I cannot write all articles at once.

But here are two:

Trump's lead lawyer on censorship cases against the media is a Scientologist who dreamed up a plan for Scientology to assert itself into politics, despite laws designed to prevent religions from running PACs.

One of CHD's attorneys was an unindicted co-conspirator in Operation Snow White, the largest ever domestic intelligence operation in which Scientology spied on the U.S. government. Another CHD (California) attorney organized the DMED actions that I have written extensively about as a probable psyop.

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I'm looking forward to this article once you publish it. Hopefully, you cover details that show they aren't just being influenced by the psyop that surrounded the plandemic. I know you know how powerful their ability to influence people is. However, how do you differentiate someone that's being influenced by the pysop from someone/some organization that's directly involved in the activity? I've personally witnessed logical, and rational people that I've known for years suddenly give up all logic and rational to support the narrative around the plandemic.

Something to consider is that there has always been an overlap between religions (that go after power and influence) and government. These religions often strive to gain power by peddling their connections to those in power and they also receive monetary gains by doing so in the form of donations. In my opinion, Scientology has always been about power and influence, so it would be natural for them to gravitate toward this path. I guess this could push them down the path of taking an active role in the plandemic or a psyop could do the same. Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing what you have put together.

PS: Matthew, if you read this, what ever happened to your research into gene drives being involved in the plandemic? That article resurrected my memory of a Ted Talk showcasing how the technology could be used to get rid of specific mosquito populations. Also, this would be a very effective bioweapon because it would take many years for people to figure out what happened and by that point it may be too late to do anything about it.

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I am inundated with research that needs to be turned into articles. I have hundreds of stub articles in the works. I get a lot of interference and attacks, but not much help. I've pulled back from groups that were net negatives and have been re-establishing my connections from the ground floor in order to filter better. I hope that winds up as a net positive.

I took some time to rest and help a personal friend in need. I've also been sick or injured for much of the past year (too much to write about, but this recent bout of COVID has drug on in a nasty way...and back injuries don't heal overnight).

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I'm a regular reader of your work and I was aware of your recent challenges. I was mostly asking out of curiosity because I thought you made an excellent correlation to a very dangerous technology that could have been used (in more ways than just the shots).

Anyways, I hope you get into a trend of good health and I'd offer my assistance to help you out with your articles but I'm not sure how much of a help I would be. Though I do enjoy researching and running down information. I wouldn't want to waste your time.

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The story I’d heard from another sci-fi writer was that L.Ron Hubbard over lunch with (great) sci-fi writer Roger Zelazny bragged that he would be able to successfully launch a new religion and Scientology was that new religion.

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There has always been debate over that story, but when you think about it, that "final explanation" obscures the deeper connections between Scientology, military intelligence, and pseudospiritual organizations such as the Theosophical Society (and perhaps also the Nazi Party).

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Jul 27, 2023·edited Jul 27, 2023

Makes sense, given its prevalence in Hollywood’s cultural (such as it is) influencers’ circles. Doesn’t seem organic at all, sort of an occult astroturf. “Gain of Power research” if you will.

As an aside I used to prefer the late Frank Zappa’s fictional First Church of Appliantology founded by L Ron Hoover. But given that all the appliances are becoming “smart” surveillance devices (remember Petraeus said “we’ll spy on you through your dishwasher), I don’t find this funny anymore.

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Matthew we need to re-visit your top piece on FTX now that SBF merely received a slap on the wrist.

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Jul 28, 2023·edited Jul 28, 2023

Hi Mathew this was a fascinating article. Just so creepy. I grew up in CT and lived in a burb of New Haven....I remember driving toward New Haven, and there was a Scientology building in Westville area. I vaguely remember my parents saying some negative things about it as a child.....Kind of made me scared of the building. It still shocks me at the way I have to adjust to a whole new reality of what the world is, compared to what I believed as a child/most of my adult years. The only reality that remains true is the power of love in human beings and living creatures. Nature's beauty is always constant and there is truth there always. I am out in the woods or by bodies of water or meadows or farms, etc. every day!

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If it looks like an op, sounds like and op and quacks like an op...it must be a conspiracy theory. Thansk for posting this bit of info on Scientology. I wonder if the Clowns In America (and other overlapping orgs) did to L. Ron Hubbard (and Scientology) what they did to Howard Hughes and HHMI. Great cover for covert ops...full tax-exemption and lots of true believers.

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