What is the Landmark 'It' everyone wants to know?
Posted by:
marc landeau
()
Date: January 07, 2005 07:57PM
[u:777052f60f][b:777052f60f]Landmark Forum is:[/b:777052f60f] [/u:777052f60f]
*a brainwashing seminar
*a pyramid scheme (legal because the labor is volunteered)
*group pressure/peer pressure
*skilled at harrasement
*a 'targeted marketing coorperation' (believe it, those are their own words!)
*going to target [b:777052f60f]YOU[/b:777052f60f]
*a neighborhood nightmare
*a social epidemic
*yes it IS a cult for the enthusiastic
*empty rhetoric
*a salesman that YOU pay to solicite YOU
*secretly writting down any information you share during the forum in order to solicite you in the future
*full of real estate agents, car salesmen, loan officers, travel agents and more who are WATCHING YOU ([i:777052f60f]and taking notes[/i:777052f60f])- don't worry they'll introduce themselves as new friends at a later date once they know what your interests are. They are the ones who will help you purchase, oops I mean [i:777052f60f]realize[/i:777052f60f] your true [i:777052f60f]potential[/i:777052f60f]
*not your friend
*bastardized philosophy and social science
*scripted
*owned by the former board members of EST
*a more 'polished' and up to date version of EST
*required to have you sign a consent release form because of all those messy suicide lawsuits back in the seventies and eighties during the EST version
*not therapy
*sneaky
*insidious
*a snake oil salesman with a friendly face
*full of ------ (fill in the blank) rhetorical logic riddled word games that give you that warm 'I got it!' feeling
*a really [b:777052f60f]bad[/b:777052f60f] idea
*a family and friend 'divider' not 'uniter'
*encouraging spouses NOT to tell their spouses what happened during the seminar
*a really really expensive weekend, or more
*psycologically dangerous
*full of feel good fluff
*full of feel bad stuff
*wants you, your family, your friends, and your friends friends to sign up
*wants [b:777052f60f]YOU[/b:777052f60f] to recruit them, free of charge- because intra personal relationships are the marketing mechanism of the future, oops, I mean [i:777052f60f]TODAY[/i:777052f60f]
*a class rate con job
*not an accredited educational organization
*affects more people then you would ever guess
*fools 90% of them- and that's good business
*an amazing business model because they pay NO ONE except the 'Leader' and owners and venue. Imagine that 'Leader' walking away with $10,000-$30,000 a weekend.
*definetely not harmless psycobabble
*programs devotees to use Landmark jargon which creates a covert Landmark sales pitch that they will consciously and subconsciously use everyday on everyone they know
*lying to you
*using fancy diagrams
*and confusion
*profiling you from the moment you walk in the door
*going to give you a name tag with a secret profile number 1-5 in order to best 'market' you
*may be government sponsored or condoned in order to help keep the economy spending in these trouble times (because dollar bills don't do uncle sam any good getting stale under the mattress)
*feels like church, gone to HELL
*not going out of business any time soon
*a business designed for salespeople to circumvent the national "Do not call list"
*going to get your phone number and keep calling, and calling, and calling, and calling you
*MINDCONTROL- and no, it does not require wires or implants- just changing someones choice of words is how they start the snowball rolling
*did I mention a really REALLY bad idea to get involved with?
Open yourself to the [b:777052f60f][i:777052f60f]possibility[/i:777052f60f][/b:777052f60f] that con-men can wear nice suits and shiny shoes too. Remember that you are [i:777052f60f]not allowed[/i:777052f60f] to take notes (but the salespeople in the back of the room are). Rackets? Lets keep the discussion on YOUR rackets, not Landmarks please. If you leave to go the bathroom you might break the trance of confusion and group brainwash, so you'd better return to your seat at once if you want to get '[i:777052f60f]it[/i:777052f60f]'. They just want to help you have a '[i:777052f60f]clearing[/i:777052f60f]'. When your wallet is thoroughly cleared and the real estate agent, I mean new 'friend', has sold you a condemned building in the bad part of town that no one else wants, then you will truly know you've gotten '[i:777052f60f]it[/i:777052f60f]'. You may proceed to the next level. Sign here. Oh, and open your wallet please.
Hope I saved someone $350 and several friendships.