The Sea Organization functions as an extremely restrictive communist experiment where members live without freedom and personal assets.

“Scientology C organization is damn near a perfect communist experiment”

The Sea Org is an oppressive environment where members work for nominal pay under constant surveillance and control.

“it's insane and i'm gracious when i say that it's insane you know it's really like lunatics on steroids come on man”

Shane Cashman views the Sea Org as a restrictive, military-like organization that he was groomed into joining as a child.

“So by age 11, I joined what was called the Sea Organization. And that's a billion-year contract. And you work about 80-hour weeks.”