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Episode 1449 - The United States of Conspiracy w/ Robert Guffey

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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The Rise and Fall of Ron Hubbard

Ron Hubbard was the greatest grifter of all. He wanted to make more money so he created creating metaphors, dude. I always wondered if that's why he felt the desire to make zenu because in order to be religion, you need to have some sort of deity. Of course. You need to have a creation myth. Yeah. And so he decided to create a creation myth to make it an actual church. So it could be income tax free and, and, andAll of that. At some point, I think he began to believe his own bullshit.

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