I sat down with Aaron Smith-Levin last week for his YouTube channel, Growing up in Scientology. We talked about my influence continuum, Scientology, the Moonies, and their political ties, and so much more. Aaron asked me questions I really had to think about because I had never been asked those questions before. I think you'll enjoy it.

I hope you enjoy, and keep your eye out for my interview with Aaron on my Podcast, the Influence Continuum, coming soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJLY-UH6k4Q&t=2721s

Escaping from Scientology & Other Cults w. Dr. Steve Hassan

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@cultexpert I just watched it and it was fantastic! (Love me some A-Aron.) That's why I'm here, actually. I'm looking forward to more of your content - thanks.
@cultexpert it struck me was when you spoke of scuba diving and tulip farming, etc being a type of cult, is that I noticed early on, that maga and qanon both targeted cooking and recipie sharing groups very heavily, and nearly every follower I looked into had multiple real estate agent/company connections, which struck me as odd, because most were folks of very little means. There is definitely a cult around real estate because it THE premier get-rich-quick strategy for most (pre-crypt0...).
@cultexpert I remember long ago when they sued the irs using brigades to bring the irs to its knees, and it eventually worked. Probably one of the first times brigading was used to bring opponents to their breaking points. Now used on social media as a standard playbook, but back then was novel.