They aren't smart.
They are criminally insane and stupid.
There might be a few that have some intelligence, but the main thing they have going for them is control of the information.
If things were right you would see equal time for both sides of the story (How it used to be).
Imagine an equal amount of positive articles re: Q to all the negative articles.
Control of the idiot box, and other media formats was their only hope. Short of killing most of the population
>Fed been in place since 1917.
1913
and worse in 1903 militias were turned into NG
The list goes on, dismantling of the Republic began in the late 1800's
Yes
Income tax started under Lincoln for rebuilding after Civil war
SC struck it down and House/Senate/states passed a new income tax in early 1900's
Mid to Late 1800's would fit as the start
Sad Republic lasted <100 years