"....I’m told that it’s so blatantly obvious what is going on that they’re not even trying to hide that they’re mainly doing all this only to satisfy Miscavige and for the sake of Scientology PR rather than actually doing the work that orgs are supposed to be doing..."
That is an interesting and telling statement. So the dwarf has reached that stage with his people where they fib to him and humour him so as not upset him, just like they used to do with Hubbard. How much longer does he have before he's isolated and ousted by his underlings? Are there any contenders he hasn't eliminated?
Things were pretty blatant in the Sea Org when LRH was still living. The government, IRS, Psychs, Interpol, Military Intelligence, foreign governments, etc. were all out to git im so using religious cloaking, not telling the truth or even associating with the press and lying to officials was taken for granted. That was one level of deception. The next was maintaining a good PR facade with Scientology public. They weren't supposed to know about the actual conditions of the RPF. Although, there would be renovation projects where public Scientologist volunteers worked in close proximity to RPF they would have been shocked to see how they were treated behind the scenes. That goes for a lot of conditions for Sea Org members. SO don't even discuss it with their non-SO Scientology family members or Scientology public friends. Then there is the deception between the different management strata levels and org, mission hierarchy. Even SO crew in the same org are tight lipped about their own day to day conditions even when it is right there for everyone to see and experience together.
Unquestioning dedication becomes a kind of competition - a competition with yourself and others around you. I think they have a huge retention problem - they always have, but instead of 3 - 5 years for someone to burn out it is probably 1 - 3. The people who stay are caught up in competing over fanaticism or so broken that they can't envision another alternative.
When LRH was alive I think there were a lot of decent capable people who come to mind that I would have considered as good candidates to take over the organization and they probably would have been actually humane compared to Hubbard but none of those people that I thought of that way are still in.
When the time comes to replace DM my money is on one of the people who is a bank signatory for the offshore accounts and has the closest working relationship with the corporate lawyers more so than any understanding or dedication to Scientology.
I think it is already clear that they don't trust anyone or each other. The public and staff alike are a liability and can turn on them any time and if there is one lesson the ex community has made clear - it's that anything and everything will eventually become public knowledge no matter how many sec-checks or NDAs they inflict on people.
But stupidity seems to know no bounds so I'll hedge my bets expecting some kind of sick shell game to be played for years to come.
