government? mark has spent the last 30 years tracing movements of far right militias. once upon a time the colonists saw the government after the british were kicked out as their friend. as history progressed, though, the government became bigger and it came to be seen more and more as an enemy. over the course of the next 200 years the government would abolish slavery and in modern times promote policies for racial equality that inflamed elements on the far right. then tech jobs and globalization decimated blue collar manufacturing jobs and for white men without a college degree average wages have been dropping for the past four decades. the majority of militia members in the united states are white men. who seem to have a lot of grievances. do you think the grievances are valid? whole most people in the militia movement don t explicitly talk about it behind
national guard for a very long time, did you ever think that the guard would be engaged in this kind of mission safeguarding the capitol and defending it again even americans? we always prepare for the worst and hope for the best. i can t say that i or anybody really saw this event happening. it is the first time i m aware of that all 54, all 50 states, three territories, and the district of columbia, have all participated in one event. it just shows you how important an event that was for the entire nation to put that right and to get back on a healing path. but how did we get to this point? why did these armed extremists feel so betrayed by the government? mark has spent the last 30 years tracing movements of far right militias. once upon a time the colonists saw the government after the british were kicked out as their friend. as history progressed, though,
colonists saw the government after the british were kicked out as their friend. as history progressed, though, the government became bigger, and it came to be seen more and more as an enemy. over the course of the next 200 years, the government would abolish slavery, and in modern times promote policies for racial equality that inflamed elements on the far right. then tech jobs and globalization decimated blue collar manufacturing jobs, and for white men without a college degree, average wages have been dropping for the past four decades. the majority of militia members in the united states are white men, who seem to have a lot of grievances. do you think those grievances are valid? while most people in the militia movement probably don t explicitly talk about it, behind it all is the idea that whites in this country are going to lose their majority. today they re about 62%, and in the next 25 years, they re going to be simply one more minority in a genuinely multicultural
get out there. absolutely perfect after last year s misery. mine was always kit kats. i always loved the kit kats. thanks for not putting the bad apple in the bag for us. we appreciate it. quick programming note. an all new episode of this is life coming up tonight. lisa ling investigates private militias. here s a preview. once upon a time, the colonists saw the government after the british were kicked out as their friend. as history progressed, though, and the government became bigger, it came to be seen more and more as an enemy. over the course of the next 200 years, the government would abolish slavery and promote policies for racial equality that inflamed elements on the far right. then tech jobs and globalization decimated blue collar manufacturing jobs and for white men without a college degree, average wages have been dropping for the past four decades. the majority of militia members