In my 2019 book Hypermodernity and the End of the World, I made the following point:
“[I think we have to consider] the secessionist movements in the American West starting with Ruby Ridge, which comes in right in 1992. It’s followed by Waco in 1993. Then the Freemen standoff in Montana in 1994, followed by Oklahoma City in 1995. A bunch of secessionist …