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by oregontechninja 2063 days ago
Title isn't wholy accurate, but it is an interesting subject!
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I felt it was pretty accurate. The founders unfamiliar with how to raise capital ended up selling 82% of the company to a couple of Scientologists. A few years later, that ownership ended up being 100% Scientologist after the founders sold their shares off to pursue other projects.

Then they had to endure requests to join Scientology (I'm assuming because they now had enough money to donate to Scientology).

Ah my bad, I was under the impression there was no complete ownership or control. I played a bunch of neopets as a kid and had no idea until a few years ago how involved scientology was with the site. I bought a car from a scientologist recently and was blown away by the house they shared with their fellow practitioners. Walls of plastic wrapped Hubbard books, several family units (kids included) living together, dvd strategically left in car for us to watch. My fiance studies religions (she's a mental health worker and doesn't want to be ignorant to other's spirituality) so it was a fun watch and experience for us.