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		<title>The Suppressive Middle Class</title>
		<description>Discuss The Suppressive Middle Class</description>
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			<title>Good friend</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2901</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, It has been a while. I'm sure you remember me from Detroit. We were good friends. I left the Church, still use the technology. If you answer this message, I'll tell you how to contact me and give you details.Love to get back in comm. BG.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gaines</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:19:03 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Out again?</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, you might remember me coming to your house in Royal Oak and playing ping pong in your basement when you were declared in the 70's. I left the COS when asked to commit suppressive acts in 1983 by an SO mission to Detroit that was shaking down public for 'donations.' What took you so long?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tom\s old friend</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:46:14 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Robin!</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2679</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Robin, email me at ot7tom@gmail.com]]></description>
			<dc:creator>VIRGIL SAMMS</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:48:42 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Written by Ron?</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2674</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Victor, having worked in Ron's compilations unit for 13 years, I can assure that the middle class PTS issue was definitely, definitely, definitely written by Ron. The concepts expressed in that issue had never been touched on before in any Scientology reference. Moreover, if you look at the style of writing, there was no Sea Org member at the time capable of that writing style. Furthermore, had someone other than Ron written the issue, no one in the church would have authorized its issue. The bulletin came from out of nowhere, in a sense, with concepts that no one had seen before in Scientology. True, many others have written about the status quo, but no one had expressed so clearly for Scientologists as did Ron in that bulletin. As for your comment that most of the world's population aspires to attain a middle class lifestyle, you're right, but Ron was addressing that bulletin to a primarily U.S. audience. Hope that clarifies this for you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe Howard</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:14:01 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>PTS To The Middle Class ...</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2672</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey all and especially Victor: Whether or not the reference in question is "from Ron" is beside the point. The [censored]enomenon described has also been called "The tyranny of the status-quo" and it is indeed a very suppressive force. It is not a generality, but rather the vector sum of collective group think; so real that it almost behaves like an entity unto itself. Just my humble opinion. :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dean Moriarty</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 01:24:58 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Robin says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tom is it really you? From ITO in the early 90s? My "senior" while I was an intern there illegally doing mission coverage? LOL! LOVE to hear from you! I'm still scared to bite the bullet and "come out" ha! For all the reasons you state. Yikes. I'll do it at some point. I'm not going back to the Miscavige thing, that's for sure. So I'm just hanging out, avoiding da man. Chickenshit me. Really glad to hear from you, and remember the fun we had laughing our asses off about the scene back then.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:29:58 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Axiom38</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2664</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was considered a rebel for joining the church and once again have assumed that beingness for departing. I seem to be attracted to truth for some reason...hmmmm. (the security code is KRdue ? ;-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Axiom 38</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 23:08:25 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Linda says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[JFK said: "Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crises maintain their neutrality." This is the future for the middle class PTSes. Linda]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Valkov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's not really about material well-being so much as an attitude of being afraid of change and not wanting any change, and not allowing anyone to be "different". When people achieve some degree of "comfort" in their material situation, they don't want to lose it, it's true, but the "PTS to the middle class" [censored]enomenon has more to do with feeling safe as part of the "herd", with conformity. Since we are each an individual, this doesn't work out very well when the individuality must be suppressed to remain "acceptable" to the group. This is how I understand it. It doesn't necessarily have much to do with aspiring to a better life, as most people do that. Anyone would like to have a "middle-class" standard of living, with a house, good food, medical care, etc It's about trying to squeeze yourself into a herd identity out of fear.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Valkov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:07:53 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Worsel says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After reading this article I realized that it is nothing but living the concept of "...the group is all and the individual nothing", connected with sufficient fear to fall for the idea that this would be a "safe" way to act. It is not an income bracket. (There is nothing wrong with desiring some income.) It is culture. Maybe that helps. Thanks a lot for spotting and communicating this, Tom.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Worsel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:24:42 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>The post is now up!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Escaping the Suppression of the Church of Scientology takes a look at the ramifications of life in the suppressive scientology middle class. [censored]://possiblyhelpfuladvice. com/?p=896 Thanks for the inspiration! David St Lawrence Old Auditor]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David St Lawrence</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:12:56 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>PTSness and betrayal</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2604</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Great post Tom. It is true that change is all too often the hobgolin of the timid clingers to the status quo. Fear undercuts confront which leads to diminished survival. Those who submit to fear have no hope of conquering life. LRH said that our personal integrity is worth more than our immediate lives. Those who sell out their integrity for some vague promise of spiritual freedom will soon discover to their dismay that they posess neither. I for one have never met anyone who was totally without fear. The difference between the coward and the hero is simply the willingness to confront fear and turn it into a fierce determination to overcome and survive. My friends in the Independant movement are all heros I am proud to say.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brad Hagemo</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:51:24 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Venus Project</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2607</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Venus project is fighting the same thing and I used this quote for them on facebook for them to read as they never read LRH. It fits many things in society.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Fancy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:21:02 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Finally a breakthrough!</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2602</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, That opens the door to handling those who recognize that something is wrong but don't dare do or say anything because they are PTS to the Middle Class. Funny that I had never spotted that aspect of life as a WISE company employee or of life as a company that depends on Scientology customers even though I spent years in that condition. I will have to think about how one get a person to cognite that they are PTS to the Scientology Middle Class. That will be the subject of a future article on my possiblyhelpfuladvice.com blog and I will credit you for inspiring me to write it. Thanks! David St Lawrence Old Auditor]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David St Lawrence</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:19:25 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Karen says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2594</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reminds me a bit of Rosa Parks. Having had enough, she said "NO". I'm sure there are many who were upset with her upsetting the balance who chose to do nothing. But there were enough who saw the truth in her actions and stood by her, despite great hardship and some amazing reform occurred as a result. I am certain, not one of those who stood beside her ever felt anything less than great pride in their actions. A pride they were able to keep for the rest of their lives. Thank you for naming this condition for what it really is.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:08:05 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>\&quot;What will people think?\&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2583</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yes, you have totally connected the dots. The common generality for this behavior is "What will people think?!" (if you grow your hair long, smoke pot, live together out of wedlock, etc etc.) Those were some issues of the past, but today it is still the same. If your wife doesn't act like the "pefect corporate wife", you will be passed over for promotion, not be elected to the public office you are seeking, etc etc. It seems to be pervasive in every culture on earth. As Bob Dylan wrote, "Don't follow leaders, watch your parking meters". And above all, don't rock the boat! Even if you can see it is a ship of fools, sailing to nowhere.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Valkov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:01:23 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>victor sandino ruiz says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2581</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have reservations about that reference. I do not think it was written by ron. It asigns a generality as the terminal the person is PTS. It a make wrong. And it has been heavily used by the church of scientology as a make wrong for people that object to spend their money in it. As somebody coming from a third world country I can tell you that unfortunately the MAJORITY of the world population actually ASPIRES to someday elevate itself to middle-class status. I do understand your feelings and the idea and concept you are trying to convey. I do not however am willing to give validity to a reference that is out of line with the axioms and basic scientology principles. I does not sound like ron. I do not think it is from ron. victor]]></description>
			<dc:creator>victor sandino ruiz</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:59:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Marta says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2576</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hoo-hoo-hoot! Just because we gotta eat, doesn't mean we gotta sell out. Who's da Ho?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:56:50 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Thanks</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2588</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alex - let's all kick some ass! Jim - More ammo! Thanks man. Dan - when we all sit down and discuss the "three swings" it will be the but end of jokes. Steve - thank you. One of the best actions I ever did was my DSEC internship at RTC. I have an unshakable ability to evaluate. Life became interesting after that. Fellow. - Thanks buddy. Idle - they'll snarl until all of their ruds are back in - heavy on the o/w will do it. Butterfly - thanks. Glad you liked it. Linda - smack! ML Tom]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Virgil Samms</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 23:30:46 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Inspiring</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2553</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Tom. This post brought great insight and enabled several things to "fall into place" in my own universe. I've seen that look of fear in the eyes of several "friends" who disconnected from me. Well done on connecting the dots!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thoughtful</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:48:44 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Brilliant, absolutely brlliant</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2552</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, you really nailed this. And these so called "Scientologists" are deathly, deathly afraid. You're absolutely right. DM has got these people scared to their very cores. I mean, I hated Bush and my born again Christian sister loved Bush but that didn't mean we wouldn't see each other on holidays and even sometimes argue about the man. But these so-called "Scientologists" (LRH would spit) are so afraid of their stable datum coming down that they dare not ever communicate again with family members or close friends. What a torrent of confusion would be loosed if they were forced to look a loved one in the eye who simply held the view that the so-called leader of their church might be appearing on stage and televised events stark staring buck naked for all the world (but them) to see. I look forward to the day when the "churchies" and the "indies" can get together over Thanksgiving turkey and argue the relative merits of the "three swing F/N" versus the "LRH definition F/N" and still enjoy the meal. That will be progress.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe Howard</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:43:39 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Another Jeff says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2548</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow! 100% spot on!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Another Jeff</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 08:01:15 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Linda McC says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2567</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IMHO, only a consummate evaluator would have connected these dots. It's just the truth. I kept saying that my son tried to handle me from hooking up with the nutjob Marty (that's OSA's affectionate adjective for Marty), that he was doing it out of love for me because he wanted me to have Scientology. He wouldn't listen to ANYTHING. And Tom said to him "he's doing this for him, not for you." Whoa!!! Then he went over the reference with me and I saw it completely - and it blew considerable charge. So, let's get our church back and de-PTS the parishioners. Imagine a planetary blowdown--hold onto your hat. Linda]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Linda McC</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 07:22:53 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>jim logan says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2545</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, You have NAILED this scene with this reference. Spot-freakin'-on!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>jim logan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 07:08:41 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>ButterflyChaser says:</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2561</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom, I don't always see eye to eye with you, however, this post resonated with me completely. It's such a correct indication. This is exactly what is happening. Thank you for having this realization and sharing it with the rest of us.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ButterflyChaser</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 05:55:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>That indicates!!</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2542</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Tom! Great article!! That makes sense. It's kind of ironic that I got the middle class PTS thing going in AND going out!! Thankfully I have my won business and never got too financially attached to Scientologists. It is also pretty eerie how DM has created this kind of dependence. If you look at it, throwing everyone into heavy debt (they allowed it of course) to buy Idle Orgs really put some people at effect and I see this as another way of DM suppressing people. Thanks for the viewpoint and have fun kicking ass!! ARC, Alex]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Alex Metheny</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 05:44:49 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Very Good</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2560</link>
			<description><![CDATA["They will still snarl at us after DM is gone" Tom, You've nailed it here! My only hope is that the above sentence is not going to be the case. My hope is that DM goes down in such a public and transparent way that NOBODY can deny who or what he was, once the smoke clears. That is the only way we will have attained true freedom for our friends/family who are still in. And even for ourselves. :-) ARC, Idle Org]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Idle Org</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 05:05:33 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Another Archer</title>
			<link>http://www.scientology-cult.com/the-suppressive-middle-class.html#comment-2556</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ZZZZZ wzzzzpft TWANG! Bulls eye! You may have even split the preceding arrow already in the bulls eye.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Fellow Traveller</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 04:12:31 -0600</pubDate>
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