Anti- U.S government 'sovereign movement'

[dude_uk]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-30/anti-government-militia-groups-freeman/53873496/1

Apologies if this has come round before. But I thought it might be of use for people.

But a 12 year stand off!

[Raellus]

I doubt that these groups would be common in a v1.0 timeline T2KU, maybe slightly moreso in a v2.2 timeline, but probably fairly commonplace in a 2013 or later timeline. The article does a good job identifying the factors that have led to an increase in these sorts of individuals/groups: economic hardships and an increasingly ineffective federal government. I don't think it's any coincidence that the numbers of militias and sovereigns has increased under democratic administrations and, I'm also sad to say, I do think the current president's racial background has something to do with the recent surge. Globalization wasn't mentioned in the article, but I reckon that it is another contributing factor- one still hears talk of a black helicopters and a one-world government. Some people just can't handle change. Paranoia and hysteria seem to be symptoms of this inability to adapt. I hope no one gets hurt.

[stormlion1]

What did someone say once? Its not that people fear there is a big giant government conspiracy, its that they can't handle the fact the government might just be that bad at handling things.

[.45cultist]

I spent a lot of time in the late 90's telling people that most of the conspiracy was crookedness and rampant stupidity. Also the higher end political party types only associate with people of similar views who seem to be a hive mind because of a lack of dissenting opinions. The racial thing is debatable, I was shown a pic with a 1980's Ford pick up. The bumper and plate holder were pro Klan and pro Confederacy with an Obama/Biden bumper sticker.

[NanbanJim]

SPLC writes pretty good political novels hard to distinguish from nonfiction. The reliable way to tell, though, is that all SPLC fiction and most articles sourcing it slant so hard your monitor will fall off your desk. :rolleyes: It's some pretty good campaign fodder but just remember that three-dimensional villains are far more interesting than the cardboard cutouts in that article.