Re: Definition of a clear

scott goehring (sgoehrin@copper.ucs.indiana.edu) writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> > In article <232318Z06061995@anon.penet.fi>,
> In article <232318Z06061995@anon.penet.fi>, > Prignillius wrote:
> Prignillius <an190820@anon.penet.fi> wrote: >
> >>Here I think you refute your own claim. How could excessive prices be
>>Here I think you refute your own claim. How could excessive prices be >>linked to increasing membership in the Sea Org?
>>linked to increasing membership in the Sea Org? >
> > the prices were high as a means to increase membership in the Sea Org.
> the prices were high as a means to increase membership in the Sea Org. > recall that Sea Orgers get reduced rates (free?) on services. PC is
> recall that Sea Orgers get reduced rates (free?) on services. PC is > convinced that he needs the auditing/classes/etc. for his own survival
> convinced that he needs the auditing/classes/etc. for his own survival > but cannot afford them. staff offers sea org contract, sells it as a
> but cannot afford them. staff offers sea org contract, sells it as a > way to get the classes/services/auditing without the money--just have
> way to get the classes/services/auditing without the money--just have > to pledge your eternal soul. since PC thinks Scn is best thing since
> to pledge your eternal soul. since PC thinks Scn is best thing since > sliced cheese, e signs.
> sliced cheese, e signs. Holy fuck, Scott! You've just given me this huge cog! LFBD! That indicates! ;)

I long wondered why the cult insisted on its ridiculously high prices; I put it down to sheer ignorance of the law of supply and demand as it pertains to profit as explicated in any basic economics course. I was wrong; what you have said has the ring of truth. It's a recruitment strategy, all right. Come to think of it, that's why *I* signed a five-year contract; I was broke, and they told me I could go "up the Bridge to total freedom" quickly through free services as staff vs paying public. Much the same strategy was used to get me to sign a billion year Sea Org contract later on in my brainwashed state of mind...fortunately, I was on the Tech Traing Corp, and Gold couldn't take me; otherwise I might have ended up at Gilman. <phew! close call!>

ttyl,

-- Cogito, ergo sum. Martin Hunt, av282@freenet.carleton.ca