*sigh* It’s all there: Weapons, paranoia, hatred of the feds, survival preparations, racism (“federal gangsta’s”).

As I mentioned earlier, the idea of the feds as the Enemy of the right really seems to date from the mid-60s and the success of the Civil Rights movement. The various elements of this movement were solidly in place by the late 80s: Survivalism, racism and a consequent distrust of federal power, and apocalyptic religious fantasies. What we see now is simply an elaboration and a long-predicted move into the mainstream.