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Jeremiah Skiba & Jake Grant | The Wrongful Death of Rob Skiba, WACO, & The Flat Earth Mindset
Music as a Tool for Revolution, MKUltra, and the Manson Precedent
Jake Grant posits that the government recognized the power of music to lead social uprisings during the Vietnam War era. He suggests that the prosecution of Charles Manson set a legal precedent allowing the government to target "musical influencers" and religious communities for conspiracy. This framework, he argues, was later applied to the Branch Davidians at Mount Carmel to justify extreme federal action.