I was reminded of Hubbard too. In particular the "[belief that one] should always escalate when threatened" strongly echoes Hubbard's advice to always attack attack. Never defend.

The whole thing reminds me of EST and a thousand other cults / self-improvement / self-actualisation groups that seem endemic to California ever since the 60s or before.

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sitkack 6 days ago | parent [-]

Money and Heat has a strong ability to encourage crazy.

	▲	77pt77 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		If that were the case you'd see this kind of crazy in Miami and you don't. You see other kinds though.