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After Hubbard decided that his scientology corporation should be a tax-exempt religion, his policies were to the effect that his organization, and to some extent, those who were employed in it, should be treated with social norms. Social norms are rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. The modes of exchange in social norms are reciprocity and acceptance.
However, Hubbard's policies dictate that the dealings of the organization with public and the outside world are with market norms. Market norms are the rules in effect that govern commerce. The modes of exchange are barter and money.
Families and friends operate primarily on social norms. Businesses and governments operate primarily on market norms.
If you were to deal with your friends and family mainly with market norms, you would alienate them.
If you were to deal with businesses and governments mainly with social norms, you would alienate them as well.
A big problem with organized scientology is that they demand to have it both ways.
Evidently, Hubbard thought that he could defy the subjects of sociology and economics.
The social sciences have prevailed.