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Behind the Bastards

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Ruby Ridge: A Fantasy About Gun Confiscation

This is a fantasy about gun confiscation leading to a civil war type scenario against like the evil gun grabbing government. And it was very directly inspired by Ruby rich, which is kind of like a seminal moment for a lot of people. So you've got like the series of largely police overreaches with high body counts and it kind of ignites this militia movement. Into that into that culture comes a guy named John Ross. He calls himself a pre Roosevelt Democrat, which he defines as a Democrat without the socialism.

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