The Individual Vs. the Group

I had a friend who once told me that it doesn't matter what you do for the individual - that it's the group that matters. He wasn't interested in getting better or in helping people - just in overthrowing the government.

He wasn't really much of a friend. As a matter of fact he was pretty crazy.

And I've since come to realize how completely wrong he was in terms of the individual vs. society.

It is individuals, and particularly a few great men and women, who create our civilization. It is the single person who treats others well and works hard to get decent products and who genuinely cares and helps others that make it possible for our civilization to go on.

There have been many great people in the last hundred years or so.

I categorize L. Ron Hubbard at the top of the list for what he has done for so many millions of people and for the legacy of his technology and what it means to the future.

Here is a list of some of the people I consider to have made the greatest contributions to mankind in my lifetime:

L. Ron Hubbard, Founder of the Scientology religion.
Ghandi, the father of the non-violence movement and
Martin Luther King Jr. who used non-violence to government-sanctioned oppression of African Americans in the United States.
Nelson Mandela who brought down Apartheid and returned his people to dignity and self-rule
Pope John Paul who was an infuence for kindness and decency not only to his own church but to the whole world.
David Miscavige, who, as Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center, has preserved the Scientology scriptures in their true, accurate form, ensuring that Mr. Hubbard's legacy to mankind is preserved and in full and exact use.