If you're unfamiliar with Jonestown, a brief overview is that it was a cult that ended up moving nearly 1000 people to Guyana. After a visit from a concerned congressman, the leader felt persecuted and the only solution was to commit "revolutionary suicide". They mixed cyanide in with kool aid (well, flavor aid). Some people drank willingly, others not so willingly, some were injected with the poison, children were forced to drink it, and finally the leader shot himself. In the end 909 people were dead.

I was watching a documentary about the Jonestown massacre, and noticed one of the former members had a familiar face. She was the office Leah Remini and Mike Rinder sat down with on their show to discuss how law enforcement could improve on handling cult victims.

It really got me thinking; would Co$ ever think about doing something similar. They already believe LRH abandoned his body because it was a hindrance to reaching higher OT levels. I worry it would be easy to use that to convince others to "join" him. But of course the leaders would need to stick around to help more people get up the bridge.

From interviews, it seems like a lot of people bail after OT 8, so it could be their next step to ensure people can't leave. People leaving cuts off a money stream and if they speak out hurts their membership numbers. Since the church is a money making scheme, maybe they'd have them take out large life insurance policies and make the church, or the leader, the beneficiary.

The only silver lining I see is that it would be much harder for them to force people like what happened in Jonestown, since they aren't miles away from civilization. Although, since they do reveal OT 8 on the boat it wouldn't be impossible. I think the attention it would gather from law enforcement and society in general would ultimately stop them from attempting it.