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TIL in 2013 a California power substation was attacked by gunmen. The attack appeared to be "a professional job." There are no leads and no arrests have been made (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Pretty crazy incident. Evidence of prior scouting, cutting fiber optic lines, flashlight signals, and ensuring no fingerprints were left behind.

There was also a similar attack in North Carolina last year.

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

These attacks are puzzling. What does anyone get from attacking electricity infrastructure?

[–] Gramatikal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This one I'm not sure, but the NC one was done by a far-right conspiracy believer. It's also been done by some of the far-right militias that have popped up in the last decade.

They do it because they think it'll destabilize the country and start a civil war. One they want to win so they can inflict their ideology on everyone nationwide, whether it's wanted or not.

[–] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've exhausted, or seemingly given up w/o trying, all democratic methods to employ their ideals so they've moved to terrorism.

[–] Gramatikal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It turns out that extremism isn't very popular. So fear is their only method.

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