I have to imagine that Team Fed, or at least their PR flack, was pretty pleased with that plot twist. Not like he would have won his little war with the feds; but rambling about weed and UFOs is about as close to anti-martyrdom as options allow; while any flavor of violent exit, or even keeping it together and managing a stoic-badass-surrender would have been far punchier.
The obviously explanation is that fear of these ‘sovereign citizens’ and their common-law-mancy powers is why Washington DC is um, totally, laid in out various occult patterns by freemasons, and federal currency and similar instruments are loaded with occult sigils.
It’s not that the magic doesn’t work, it’s that the feds(probably with technical assistance from the satanic one world government and eldirch zionist jew magic) had deployed their own paranormal weapons. I’m assuming that chemtrails and the removal of 10 commandments false idols are also associated.
See, perfectly logical explanation! (And if anyone making a Deus Ex game wants to borrow some of this, feel free…)
He could also be doing the ‘denial’ thing. Being honest with yourself about the fact that your kid probably has a couple of mission-critical screws loose, while likely to improve kiddo’s life expectancy, is not a terribly pleasant prospect; and if the option that he’s actually just an idealistic rebel is available to cling to instead, it probably seems like a nice alternative.
The NY Times reported that a federal grand jury mades charges against Cliven Bundy and four others for their actions during the 2014 standoff.
… a “massive armed assault” on federal officials, gaining hundreds of followers by spreading lies on the Internet, and encouraging their supporters to take sniper positions on highway bridges above government agents, unarmed adults and children.