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They're coming for us. This is the real reason for the camps.
What's so disturbing to me is that all the conspiracy theory nutballs I've known, the ones who...
are hardcore preppers who said the economy was due to collapse into a post-apocalyptic dystopia anytime a Dem is in the white house
kept talking about the FEMA death camps at former railway hubs with barbed wire fences pointing inwards
think black helicopters are running urban pacification drills in cities
keep being up giant fields being leased by the govt to store nothing but thousands of plastic coffins
never shut up about "jackboot" "police states" during the entirety of Obama and Biden terms
They were all either hardcore right-wingers or simple "never trust the govt" types who suddenly started wearing maga hats
They are not necessarily against those things in principle, even within their own country. They just don't want to be the targets of it. Probably some, whether they are being honest with themselves for the reason or not, are wrapping themselves in MAGA for safety, then convincing themselves it's the Good Side by accepting the propaganda.
Which is neither to excuse any other group for accepting propaganda nor to assert Both Sides in any way.