Hubbard was a master of deception. He liked to drop lots of names. But their ideas merely make up the "hooks" intended to capture his audience. Most of those named influences are what you might call red herrings. Hubbard purposely leaves out his most important influences. For example, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
David Cogswell wrote:
Mussolini's writings in 1932 drew heavily from Hegel: "The foundation of Fascism is the conception of the State, its character, its duty, and its aim. Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived of in their relation to the State."
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Not only did the fascists parrot Hegel. His ideas also had a profound influence on the German philosopher Karl Marx, and on the Russian revolutionaries Lenin and Stalin. According to linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, Hegel's ideas about collective entities with greater rights than individuals were appropriated by "neo-Hegelians" and used as the ideological basis of fascism, communism and corporations.
Marty needs to stop looking at what Hubbard SAID and instead at what Hubbard DID. Hubbard created an authoritarian, totalitarian system, and Hegel's influence is clearly visible in it.
Here, I re-write and mirror the above quote:
The foundation of Scientology is the conception of the Church of Scientology, its character, its duty and its aim. Scientology conceives of the subject of Scientology and its organization as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived of in their relation to the Church of Scientology.
It was Hubbard who created the Church (State) and its "statuses" (SP, PTS "types", A to J's, Degraded Beings, No-Gain-Cases, Tigers, etc). The Scientologist's mantra in the world, "what is your status?" is tantamount to any individual's existence or reality. It becomes a crime to be a journalist, a critic, a psychologist, a concerned family member, or even "open minded". One must be dedicated, resolute, and marching in lock step with Hubbard's every syllable. This is neo-Hegelian all the way. The neo-Hegelian hard sell is that the "idealistic State" exists solely to "support the individual" (as no one else apparently can), but of course, they never do. You're either with them or against them. There is no middle path.
Statistics: Posted by Dorothy — Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:47 am