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The origins of Anonymous are steeped in mystery. Perhaps they were set up by the organisation calling itself the church of scientology. Perhaps they were set up by Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder while they were still in the organisation? This would certainly make sense since it is they who are capitalising on the situation rather well at the moment by rallying the already thousands of disenchanted scientologists.
It should be noted that both men left but did not give up their beliefs in Scientology and distance themselves from the hard line critics who want the organisation to "go away".
Before Anonymous the organisation was largely ignored, it being just another quack cult. Membership had stalled and growth had stagnated. It was treading water and David Miscavige's speech writers were finding it harder to write those upbeat speeches for him and everyone feared another 2000 New Year's event fiasco.
Since Anonymous the organisation has become a household name but for all the "wrong" reasons, well at least if you're the one wanting to recruit members. Membership has nose dived, recruitment has stalled. It's harder to sell books and the book-a-thons just end up selling books to existing members. The only growth is that created by the illusion of buying more buildings and printing more books and DVDs using cash reserves left around since Hubbard's days, around $900 billion; the conversion of cash assets in to stock and building space in an exercise akin to a bird fluffing up its chest to make itself look bigger than it really is.
Obviously this "growth" can be sustained for a while, thanks to Hubbard's judicious stashing of cash and wise investments in tax havens (Miscavige would have to be a complete imbecile to have squandered away $900 billion in a couple of decades), but in time people will eventually realise the buildings are empty and incomplete while the books and DVDs not bought by members during "book-a-thons" gather dust and fill rooms at the orgs. They will eventually realise that despite more being bought actual tangible bums on seats growth simply isn't happening.
Obviously reformation is necessary but how best to achieve this? Well you need a scapegoat. COB's and CEOs are always been scrapped when a company needs a major overhaul to improve its public image.
With this organisation the public image is David Miscavige and he's already in position to take the fall. He too has become a house hold name since Anonymous. He is the only one responsible for everything bad in the eyes of the public. Oh he can deny the beatings and the abuse he's alleged to have perpetrated but it just sounds like a criminal accusing others of their crimes. He's become the "abusive asthmatic dwarf" at the centre of the rot in the eyes of the public and increasingly many of the organisation's staff members. Obviously any reformation necessitates his removal.
So what’s the plan? Well things are going to keep getting worse until they get better. Anonymous will continue to protests. The organisation will continue to get bad press, it will continue to be the butt of jokes in national and international media, it will keep finding itself in court being sued and find that members of the public shun it because of what they know from Anonymous. No amount of counter publicity will help because by now every single household knows it's all a cover for what really goes on in David Miscavige's organisation.
If there is one image that has set David Miscavige up the most it is that of David Miscavige the SQUIRREL; the person singularly responsible for perverting the tech TWICE since Hubbard’s death and in doing so pulling in all the bad publicity and problems that have plagued the organisation since he took over. As COB it is he who is solely responsible and so he who must take the fall.
Sure David Miscavige keeps claiming wonderful growth and achievements since he took over, many do in his kind of position but it only postpones the inevitable. People will see through this, they know his growth is in terms of books published, DVDs mass produced and buildings being bought around the world. They will realise this is just a cover for the very real staff shortages and the very real poor recruitment figures.
Existing members are being given special offers to do courses, staff courses are up. All of this is just another cover for the fact fewer people are getting on the bridge than ever before.
Things will only get better when David Miscavige falls from grace. Alas though, unlike most other organisations, this organisation doesn’t believe in golden parachutes. There will be no golden retirement. There will be no land or title. There can only be RPF and RPFers RPF; you just need to see what happened last time to know how hard the high can fall in the organisation calling itself the church of scientology. You see David Miscavige owns nothing, everything he has and the money he uses are assets of the organisation and they can be removed.
David Miscavige isn't untouchable, though he may believe he is. At the end of the day he can be deposed and sat in front of an ethics committee just like any other member. No one is above the law and no one in the organisation is above the organisations' ethics.
After Miscavige has been appropriately dealt with by the organisation Mike Rinder and Marty Rathburn will step in and reform the organisation to give it a nice shiny new public image. They will expose David Miscavige's crimes of the past.
They will announce the end to abuse and a raft of measures designed to make the organisation what Hubbard intended it to be, a world class humanitarian venture leading by example in providing its staff with the best care possible and by making full reparations to those the organisation has harmed in the past.
They will announce Hubbard is misunderstood when people say he didn't believe in charity. What Hubbard didn't believe in was "free loaders" social drop outs who sponge off the rest. He did however believe in helping people to help themselves. As such it is only right that the organisations' monies be put to good use around the world in providing poor people with education and an industrial infrastructure. The organisation will invest in farming research to provide strong crop grains for developing countries so they might provide food for the world. The organisation will invest in medicinal research to help combat diseases in certain countries so the population can be stronger and better live their lives.
They will explain that the content of higher teachings of the organisation use metaphors, like OT III, that are difficult to understand without first understanding the previous levels, which is why the organisation was previously so reticent to speak of them but in this day and age they recognise the need for openness.
They will also kick start the new age of Scientology by release the real tech based on the real writings of L Ron Hubbard and not the Golden Age of tech squirrel nonsense that pulled the troubles in in the first place. By doing this they will restore the organisations image among the disenchanted. They will also make the organisation attractive and acceptable to the general public again.
Will anonymous disappear after this, well if Marty and Mike set it up then this should be expected but since Anonymous has a life of its own now, regardless of origin, who can really tell. Some things you just cannot put back in the bottle. Anonymous will likely stick around watching to see if the organisation carries through with real reformation and to highlight its failings.