The Citadel in Idaho - Building survivalist/prepper compound w/arms factory, firing ranges, bunkers

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17. I remember Antelope Oregon, ie Rajneeshpuram. Different theme, but same story, and probably Citadel

will have a similar ending.

Rajneeshees had a complete city too, pretty much overnight, from "donations" by "believers." In a complete high desert, no less, this artificial environment bloomed under the application of gobs and gobs of money. They went from optimistic true believers to paranoid peeps armed to the teeth in no time flat.

Proud owners of the title of "committed the first domestic terrorist attack on U.S. soil" which was the food poisoning at the salad bar in The Dalles, which sickened 700+ people, IIRC. Then the attempted murder of our state A.G. plus a few others were in the plotting stages. This was right after the entire commune armed itself, started walking around showing off their "security sytems" and bragging that they would take down anyone who they believed to be a threat, which by then was pretty much everybody. Even some inside the commune. When it imploded, it did so totally but at least without the mayhem they had intended to cause as they became more paranoid and delusional about everything.

Now their Rajneesh movement/commune is just a memory, dust in the wind. And this Citadel will crumble too, in time - this is often what happens when people join up with strangers to live for a cause that they don't completely understand, following people whose motives they do not question until it starts getting wierd.

This is nothing new. Wish it was.