Survivalism

Survivalism

Survivalism is the practise of disaster preparedness. Although in that place are many types of survivalists, all believe that the collapse of club is imminent, either equally a effect of man-made disasters similar nuclear holocaust or overpopulation, or natural disasters such equally earthquakes, floods, as well as famine.

Survivalist practices make from the exactly cautious (the edifice of bomb shelters during the 1950s or stockpiling H2O as well as canned goods inwards anticipation of Y2K) to the conspiratorial (preparing for a coming race nation of war or biblical apocalypse). Kurt Saxon, a survivalist writer, claims to accept coined the term inwards the 1970s.

Saxon (given lift Don Sisco) is a quondam John Birch Society member, as well as the author of numerous self-published books as well as pamphlets, including The Poor Man’s James Bond, a guide to homemade explosives, as well as Granddad’s Wonderful Book of Chemistry, featuring methods of domicile manufacturing of bombs. Saxon gained notoriety inwards 1970 afterwards appearing earlier a Senate subcommittee investigating bombings as well as terrorism.


Since the belatedly 1970s as well as early on 1980s, survivalism has larn closely associated alongside several white supremacist groups, similar the Posse Comitatus, the Christian-Patriots Defense League, the Covenant, Sword, Arm of the Lord, as well as Aryan Nations.

Unlike Saxon, an atheist whose writings oftentimes debunk conspiracy theories favored yesteryear right-wing extremists, members of these groups subscribe to Christian Identity theology, which teaches that Aryans are the truthful Israelites as well as that Jews are the literal children of Satan. Believing that the United States of America of America is on the verge of collapse as well as a race war, inwards the 1980s several of these groups created armed compounds inwards rural enclaves.

They stockpiled food, water, as well as weapons as well as began paramilitary preparation inwards preparation for the defense strength of the white race against the forces of the Zionist Occupied Government (ZOG), a Jewish-controlled shadow regime they believed was amassing UN troops nearly the U.S.–Canadian border.

Many of these groups disbanded inwards the mid-1980s, afterwards well-publicized skirmishes alongside federal authorities: leaders of the Posse Comitatus as well as the Covenant, Sword, as well as Arm of the Lord were convicted afterwards dissever shootouts alongside the FBI inwards rural Arkansas inwards 1983 as well as 1985 respectively. Aryan Nations as well as diverse splinter groups persist, however, alongside the crusade energized afterwards the incidents inwards Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as well as Waco, Texas.