Sounds Like Hate Baseless: Part I
Oct 15, 2020
Rinaldo Nazaro, founder of the extremist group The Base, and investigative reporter Ryan Thorpe share chilling insights into a network plotting for a race war. Through secret recordings, they reveal how Nazaro recruits and trains members, often from military backgrounds, framing their mission as survivalist. Thorpe recounts his undercover journey into this paranoid world, detailing vetting processes and in-person meetings that exposed disturbing paramilitary plans. Together, they explore the alarming connections between The Base and other extremist groups.
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Group Identity And Violent Goals
- The Base frames itself as accelerationist, pagan, and anarchic to attract disaffected whites.
- Members openly discuss terror tactics like bombings and arson as means to trigger collapse.
Hidden Recordings Reveal Recruitment
- Secret vetting-room recordings reveal recruits speaking unfiltered about race war strategy.
- The archive exposes recruitment methods, paranoia, and encouragement of violence.
Recruitment Pitch: Prepare For Collapse
- Nazaro markets The Base as a decentralized network for training and mutual aid.
- He emphasizes readiness to exploit chaos and fill power vacuums after societal collapse.