Idaho’s United Vision Project: Confronting Extremism in Rural America

It sure is .I remember the survivalists came from Idaho in the late 1970's..

Much needed perspective, and yet disturbing to contemplate the U.S. inching further toward an autocracy and/or worse. Tired of my own hand-wringing. Face the fear.... Thanks yet again for this enlightening, encouraging discussion. Think I'll need to watch again to fully absorb this.

I moved from the insane state of California to eastern Idaho. I can say there's no white supremacy here. Lots of Mormons, but they are nice people. What I noticed most upon arrival was how friendly the people are here.

Even before the 80s there was the John Birch Society creeping into Idaho and the LDS Church promoted the literature during the civil rights movement. They still reinforced the "one drop rule" in the D&C.

Trump had a lot to do with it..

He gave the January 6 mob permission .

Exactly!Agree to disagree..

Till the early 1980s Idaho was 100% blue 💙 Democratic party. again they've turned to the privileged ruling classes.

Absolutely!

We rejected race based politics then. And we also reject this modern day race based identity politics. It's evil

I am truly mystified by the idea that people think authoritarianism will work out better for them than Democracy. Authoritarianism is defined by the idea that everything is for the One or few at the top at the expense of everyone else. I get that they are disappointed by how our democracy is currently working out but giving it up is not going to work out for them. They need to get involved.

Hi Pam

So writing off those place brings us to the brink, not the extremists and their rhetoric themselves. #facepalm

It is crucial that we grow the ability to see other political groups as individuals.

This is my first time seeing your show. Im not sure yet how to consider it.

So many understandings here are on target, but we need to understand that our system is inadequate to meet the needs of a world transitioning to a state of recognition of the reality of the oneness of humanity, all of humanity, not just USAans to survive. Farmers, not big AG, are key to our survival, though they will need to change the way they farm to counter the effects of climate degradation. Fundamental to significant change going forward is to realize our challenges are spiritual in nature and that is key in being able to significantly meet the crying needs of humanity and develop systems to reflect addressing those needs.

How many of us have seen the map showing the planning of multiple police cities to be built in almost every state. What is the reason for this? Are we headed for a police state situation?

Just like the 1940's and 1950's..

Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out at a google hangout cuz I got confused...

We are divided by our raging prejudices, greed, disrespect, lack of skill for genuine critical thinking, and monstrous egos of infants (sorry there, real infants). These are all lacks of spiritual qualities that nothing but spiritual healing and genuine search for truth can resolve. Broken political systems ain't the answer. Every human being is precious and has gifts to give humanity, regardless of shortcomings, and must be loved and nurtured on how to care for all of mankind and our earth home. Violence and repression are also not the answer. Unity and justice are. The nation state that looks only to its own interests and damned be the rest of the world is a dying and insufficient entity to meet the needs of a world entering its stage of maturity, the unity of the human race. To survive, we must broaden our vision and act accordingly.