Lecture: Decision
Author: Hubbard, L. R.
Document date: 1952, 20 May
Document title: Decision
Document type: lecture transcript
Event: Technique 80
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Document ID: 5205C20A
Description: Hubbard recommends a reverse process to governments and sergeants and says it reduces individuals to complete weakness because it is a chaos.
The way to drive somebody insane is to convince them that they should have a yes, and then convince them equally they should have a no. And then convince them they should have a yes. “Now, Bessie, you’ve got to make up your own mind, it’s your own free choice of whether or not you get these new shoes. Now, do you want black shoes or white shoes? Of course, the white shoes are going to get dirty a lot faster and the black shoes are going to get dirty a lot faster. Now, which do you want? The black shoes or the white shoes? Oh no, Bessie, you don’t want the white shoes, you want the black shoes. The black shoes are much easier to keep polished and they’ll go with your new dress. Hm-hm, yes. Oh, they’re how much? Oh, uh, huh, well, you want the white shoes, Bessie. Uh . . . Bessie!”
It’s a wonderful mechanism. I recommend it. I recommend it to governments and sergeants. It reduces individuals to just complete weakness because it’s chaos!
Hubbard. (1952, 20 May). Decision. Technique 80, (5205C20A). Lecture conducted from Phoenix, Arizona.