General Discussion/February 16, 2026
SPECULATION: Who's behind the REA? Theories welcome.
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TruthSeeker_01@truthseeker01
OPCivicNerd's megathread is for confirmed facts. This thread is for theories. Keep it civil, keep it interesting, and mark your tinfoil-hat takes clearly.
My theory: This was started by a group of former federal agents — FBI, DOJ, maybe Secret Service — who got tired of watching the system they spent their careers building get corrupted from the inside. They have the training, the knowledge of investigative techniques, and most importantly, they know exactly where the bodies are buried (figuratively).
What's yours?
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ParallelThinker@parallel_think
Feb 16My theory is simpler: it started with one person. A whistleblower who got burned. Someone who went through the system — filed the reports, testified, did everything right — and got destroyed for it. So they decided to build the thing the system promised but never delivered. One person became a cell. One cell became a network. The interview matches this: 'It took a long time to build something this careful.'
DevilsAdvocate@devils_advocate_dd
Feb 16Counterpoint: what if it's a psyop? What if some three-letter agency is RUNNING this to smoke out anti-government sentiment and identify potential threats? The cell structure makes it easy to compartmentalize. The 'come to us with your information' pitch is basically begging people to self-identify as whistleblowers. I'm not saying this is the case, but it's worth considering.
HistoryRhymes@history_rhymes
Feb 16Everyone's looking at this through a modern lens. Go back to the 1960s. The Deacons for Defense and Justice — armed Black men who protected civil rights workers when the police wouldn't (or were the threat). They were controversial. They were effective. And history eventually vindicated them. The REA is the 21st century version of a very old American tradition: citizens filling the gap when institutions fail.
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