Yes, I can see your point, but it is not fully clear.
First, let me say that my simple obnosis (a forte when I use it) of OT 7's & 8's is that things are very wrong. They have a
fixed indoctrinated thought pattern which subverts and replaces their own beingness. This was especially obvious during an
OT Committee meeting or two I went to. The ladies there were all on 7 or 8 and their stats and presence were amazingly
low. I actually realized that if FSMing at the time I could have readily beat all of their stats combined.

Generally
these folks blind obedience to authority was just too obvious, cloyingly so. Many other experiences with the
"Sycophants Club" also back this up including 5 or 6 locals who I ran into recently.
Now to the Questions. I had a major look into the insanity at the core of Earth culture in 1968 in the Most Insane city of
Washington, District of Criminals, a superb laboratory for such a study! I saw intense EVIL and many other things that year
including that if they wanted to solve cancer, it would already have happened. (It was not a coincidence that that
cognition occurred while driving within a few hundred yards of the "National Cancer Institute".
Later I found Scientology and came to understand by logic and RJ-67 that OT-3 was buying us time here somehow. Then
not too long ago I read about it (but still will not listen to the Class-8 tapes for fear of "Freewheeling") and saw how other
beings were being handled in some quantity to whatever extent. Although the "Bridge" has been so sabotaged that this is
seemingly not being done in any sufficient amount today. In 1968 I also had a cog that due to entheta I was perceiving we
had two years left only. This was done without any physical contact with Scientology or any other subject and no
knowledge of their existence.
I guess the $64,000 question is what is the solution here, to optimally get to enough beings fast enough on the dynamics,
I have an answer for you, I just figured it out today on another thread. It would cost nothing, take advantage of existing resources and could be fully underway in a day or two. It is not very likely to happen due to Counter Intention and misunderstoods arising in Management.
SOLUTION FOR QUICKLY AND OPTIMALLY SAVING THE EARTH
SITUATIION: C of S in all their official documents and in everything they put out for public consumption assert that that mankind has the right to FREE SPEECH, the right to communicate freely. Though publicly stating this right of Mankind is inviolate and telling everyone who they disseminate to that the Church is an advocate of and adheres to this fundamental right of Mankind, the Church in actual fact does not practice nor allow to be practiced this fundamental right of mankind.
WHY: C of S Int Management somehow feels that if FREE SPEECH were allowed in Organizations, it would stir up and agitate bad feelings and would enable the public and staffs to make it more difficult for Management to get stats up and expand the C of S as they see fit.
POLICY TO FOLLOW - "When in Doubt Communicate!"
PROGRAM FOR HANDLING - 1. Convince Int Management that allowing free speech has helped stats grow throughout history wherever it has been tried while groups who suppress free speech do not last for long times and do not grow.
2. BRING INTO ALIGNMENT WHAT MANAGEMENT SAYS IT FEELS ABOUT FREE SPEECH WITH THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN THE ORGS BY ALLOWING FREE EXPRESSION OF ONE'S THOUGHTS INSIDE THE ORGS WITH ANYONE WHO ONE WISHES TO COMMUNICATE WITH.
If this "Eval" were followed there would be an immediate and enormous groundswell of good will and positive activity within the C of S. Fair Game and separation of families would be undone, attacks by news media would be de fanged by the new liberal policies, refund demands would be cut back, attacks by governments would be cut back.
THE PLAN COULD BE IMPLEMENTED VERY QUICKLY WITH NO ADDITIONAL OUTLAY OF FUNDS, OTHER THAN SOME ADVERTISING TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT POLICY HAS CHANGED. Between C of S and the rest of its field plus the independent field, enough people would be taking part to save the Earth in time.
1,3 & 4 ? without the use of OT-3, which is flawed at best from what my more enlightened friends tell me?
I do recall the days when some beings seemed to win on OT-3.
A factor, apparently, is the early ones to do it were generally of greater theta endowment and handled more beings
because of that and the time-urgency demands of Earth.
I am told Knowledgism has the better solution, but I do not see much impact there for the 3rd or 4th dynamics and wonder
why ? Is it poor organization, not enough doing it, no 4th dynamic purpose, or what ?
Question: What are the levels needed to get to that point in Knowledgism and how long can it take for a fucked-up being ?
Many more questions could be formed here, but I think you see what it is I'm trying to get at, by now.
To answer your questions directly, it certainly doesn't take many years to handle what is essentially a singular phenomena
of other beings in your space being handled, even though that space would gradiently reach out in time to the corners of
this universe. Probably properly 3-5 years maximum. Then do OT drills to recover one's abilities. One doesn't hear about that
much these days !
On the question of LRH, in my research he was totally overwhelmed and nuts when he died which was too obvious.
Sort of weird and crazy that he didn't do his own "Bridge", although he had all oportunity to do so. That is doubly crazy !!!