oldshowbiz:

The John Birch Society was a domestic fascist group started by the father of the Koch Brothers. The Birch philosophy believed that laws and regulations policing the crimes of big business were the product of a communist conspiracy. The John Birch Society believed the Civil Rights Movement was a communist plot. The Birchers were often aligned with white supremacist and neo-nazi groups. They felt President Eisenhower was too left-wing, a commie dupe(!). Their ultimate goal was the banning of certain people’s rights. 

At the time they were dismissed as the lunatic fringe. 

Today the Bircher philosophy controls American politics. 

Charles Koch was a card carrying member of his father’s group at the age of 18 - his first foray into anything political.

I’ve personally spoken to John Birchers who also repudiated fluoridated water and vaccines as a — you guessed it — “communist plot.”

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    Also, this is where Nixon is from and Reagan was greatly influenced by this group.
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