The economic bubble that started in 1997 papered over a lot of problems, but the militia movement was just an early precursor to the Trump movement.
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When people lives are getting better, they are generally happy. When people get bigger paychecks and bigger homes, they are less likely to run around in the mountains playing militra
Also was the fear of a changing world . The US being the sole power and rise of the internet. These people feared a world world government putting chips into people's bodies before these theories even exisited. Atleast a version of them. By 1997, the general public got used to the internet
