Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
What is ISO, what is the RCP, what is Black Hammer, to name a few? I think it's an inherent feature of fascist ideology to be psychologically manipulative, but the material conditions are there in any high-discipline, persecuted, and heterodox organization.