About two months ago, I ran a link to a Harper’s Magazine expos� on ‘The Family,’ a weird pseudo-society of conservative Christian movers and shakers. Reading the article was like peering into the inner workings of a paranoid delusional’s mind. The Family openly espouses praise for Hitler and Genghis Khan, and seeks to become remake the world in it’s image; all the while maintaining a secret society, behind-the-scenes unaccountability.
Well Alternet is running a follow-up story on the article, interviewing the author, Jeffrey Sharlet, editor of the web site Killing the Buddha. Read both articles and then think about what I said last week about our country becoming the conservative dystopia in The Handmaid’s Tale.