I've made it through 3/4 of the episodes. I thought it was going to be cute little expose' on the Duggar family (which I had scant knowledge of before all this). But it is SOOO much more. It goes back to 1961 and the founding of the Institute of Basic Life Principals by Bill Gothard. This makes that Mormon sect of bigamist/groomers seem like pikers.
It's really hard to tell the interconnection of all the groups like IBLP, The Family, Wilks and Dunn, FLDS and others, but they all have one thing in common, and that is white supremacy, male white supremacy, to be exact.
The scary part of it is that these people have been indoctrinated for several generations. It's going to be hard to turn this around any time soon. Thing is they have been doing so much of this under the radar, under the guise of religion. "What bad things could they be doing? All they do is preach and pray?' More like preach and prey. When Abbott went on his voucher tour, there was no public notice. It was all done via texts, emails and word of mouth within selected groups. This is how they work, in the fucking shadows, and hide behind the bible when they get caught.
Everything that Abbott is pushing from vouchers to 10 commandments has roots in this movement. Now whether he believes it or not, or is simply pandering to them for their votes, he's doing it.
And while IBLP has some facilities here, they are all over the US and abroad too. They represent a large voting bloc, but not sure they would make up a silent majority.
Here's the trailer for The Family again: