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Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Behind the Bastards

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Scientology

Businesses love to be able to claim they're supporting a good cause by doing a thing they would do anyway. But in terms of cults, I think that it's very rare that they do the move of presenting themselves as trying to help the entire community. You know, Scientology, I think they miss the boat on that, making it all about the individual. Yeah. Like they showed up at Katrina and gave E-meter readings and shit. It's like, yeah, that's what we needed. Thanks, Church of Scientology Bazaar.

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