im increasingly of the opinion that the most extreme groups are Intel agency operations.

The most extreme nazis are Mossad. The most extreme white supremacists like Patriot Front, are the FBI. The most extreme leftist groups are the CIA.

The extremes are funnels away from populist resistance to federal over-reach. They are also used to justify oversized federal budgets.

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This is 100% correct. The feds push extremism just because it's easy to arrest people who go along with the group

It’s much more than that.

The tactics of divide and conquer go deeper than the simple see.

This is likely correct. Partially if not entirely.

Nothing is absolute. There are definitely extremes. But I think the Intel agencies look for them to coopt and guide them. Some even create them. I suspect Patriot Front was a complete fabrication by the FBI

Exactly. Nutjobs and legitimate extremists do exist. My assumption is that they are an extreme minority and certainly nowhere near the numbers represented on TV with events like PF.