New Founding Fathers of America
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into The Purge (franchise). (Discuss) Proposed since May 2017. |
| Universe | The Purge series |
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| Type | Political party |
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| Key people | List of members
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| Colours | Blue and red |
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| Political position | Far-right |
The New Founding Fathers of America is a fictional political party introduced in the Purge movie series. They are the film series's main antagonist.
Pre-formation[edit]
Dozens of incidents plague the United States. In 1970, Kent State University guardsmen kill four student protesters and wound nine more. The following year, a riot takes place in Attica Correctional Facility in New York wherein inmates take 33 staff hostage and seize control of the prison after the shooting of a San Quentin Prison radical activist inmate. Seven years later, the Jonestown incident in Guyana occurs wherein 918 people are murdered and 909 Americans belonging to the Peoples Temple, who formed the people's Temple Agricultural Project, die of cyanide poisoning.
In 1986, the Edmond post office shooting in Oklahoma marks the first of 15 post office homicide incidents in an act of going postal.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots, which took place from April 29 – May 4, 1992, contributes to more social unrest. Widespread looting, assault, murder and arson become evident. The rioting begins the downfall of the economy.
Formation[edit]
As the United States faces an economic collapse and rising social unrest, the political party is formed to put a stop to such.
In 2014, more crime ravages the United States. Two fictitious incidents, the Queensbridge Incident and Covina Alley Murders, incite a public outcry for protection and vengeance against the increasing number of homeless. At this point, the NFFA works harder to stabilize America.
The New Founding Fathers overthrow the United States government and work painstakingly to recover from losses. The political party establishes a new totalitarian government and police state. During the course of the years, they help the American economy rise and keep it stable.
Formation of The Purge (2017)[edit]
In 2013, the NFFA devises a plan to help stabilize American society. In the following year, the 28th Amendment to the U.S Constitution is ratified. This amendment establishes an annual 12-hour event called "The Purge," which occurs on March 21 to 22 from 7PM to 7AM in which all crimes are legalized with the suspension of all emergency (police, fire, medical) services for the 12-hour carnage.
The 28th Amendment states the following
SECTION 1: The Annual Purge shall begin each year on March 21 at sunset, officially starting at 7PM, and ending at sunrise, March 22, at 7AM.
SECTION 2: During the time of The Purge, any and all crime, up to and including murder, will be legal for 12 continuous hours. Police, fire and hospital aid will be unavailable until The Purge concludes.
SECTION 3: Weaponry ranging from Class 4 and below are permitted. The following weapons cannot be used during The Purge: weapons of mass destruction, fragment-producing explosives higher than a hazard class HC/D 1.4 and viral contagion projectiles.
SECTION 4: Government officials of ranking 10 and higher have been granted immunity from The Purge and shall not be harmed.
SECTION 5: Non-compliance with any of the aforementioned rules will result in death by hanging.
Also on March 21 and 22 of the same year, a trial run of the annual Purge is held. In 2018, the first Purge commences.
The Purge has resulted in crime and unemployment rates plummeting to 1%, and a strong economy. Although it is thought to be used as an act of catharsis for the U.S. populace in order to supposedly lessen the motivation for people to commit crime for the rest of the year, the NFFA purposely sends its own agents to target and kill people living in low socio-economic communities, as a method of artificial population control.
NFFA's demise and loss[edit]
The New Founding Fathers play their biggest (and most direct) role in the series in Election Year.
Inspired and haunted by the memories of her family's murder, lawyer-senator Charlie Roan campaigns for the presidency with plans to end the Purge. Fueled by her actions, the NFFA, now led by their new chairman, Caleb Warrens, calls for an immediate action to terminate her threat to their candidate, Minister Edwidge Owens.
Using their efforts to prevent such, the NFFA revokes the rule that prevents governmental figures from being targeted. Publicly this is done as a mean to regain public favor under allegations that the Purge is targeted against the poor, but the revocation serves as a means for Roan's assassination. The NFFA plants double agents among her security and staff and hire a neo-Nazi and white supremacist paramilitary force, led by Earl Danzinger, to capture her.
The party's presidential candidate for that year, Edwidge Owens, also devises a new plan for the year's Purge, a "Midnight Purge Mass" to be held at a Catholic cathedral where their captured victims will be sacrificed in a ritual. After Roan's capture, she is brought to Owens in the church for the sacrifice which is overseen by Warrens himself. Owens helps his friend and NFFA assistant Harmon James sacrifice a drug addict during the annual midnight Purge Mass, and then calls the high-ranking members of NFFA to kill Roan with Warrens leading them.
Leo Barnes, the head of Roan's security, backed by Roan supporters; EMT Laney Rucker, convenience store owners Joe Dixon and Marcos, save Roan by killing Warrens and instigating a chaos wherein the entire NFFA congregation is killed. Another batch of Roan supporters, a successful anti-Purge resistance led by Dante Bishop, whom Roan's entourage met after being aided by the Crips, storm the cathedral, gun down more NFFA secret service agents, and untie the senator. Bishop himself and his partner Angel position to kill Owens but fail after heeding Roan's insistence for a fair win. After Roan's entourage frees Purge Mass sacrifice victims following the death of Bishop and his rebel team, as well as Harmon James' demise at Dixon's hands, Owens is left in disgrace as the NFFA lose much of their power while Roan gains bigger public approval.
The party's defeat comes on election day itself, May 26. As Roan wins, NFFA supporters stage violent riots to prevent the end of the Purge.
Ideology[edit]
As part of the NFFA's philosophy of the matter, the Purge will help those under the New Founding Fathers of America to free themselves of their sinister and violent urges and tendencies, which, in turn, will allegedly reduce rates of crime and poverty in the process. This is encouraged through NFFA propaganda and strict consequences (including public executions) for those who attempt to go beyond the rules of the Purge, such as directly attacking government officials and using weapons above Class 4-namely.
Most citizens view the NFFA as something that serves their interests by liberating them from the hatred and violence that they keep within themselves. However, the strict laws as shown previously that they impose during the Purge reveal that the NFFA is a totalitarian party that seeks to control how the people act to suit their own needs.
Disturbingly, the ideology of the NFFA also has deep religious undertones and there is a prayer announcement that is displayed on every TV in America that "blesses" the NFFA for allowing the American people for being able to purge their souls of violence and hatred by venting it out during the Purge. In The Purge: Election Year, the NFFA is seen to be inspired by Christian beliefs but the NFFA itself heavily relies on a cult of personality and belief of government as the supreme power as most of the Purge prayers are centered around NFFA rather than on a specific deity. Throughout the Purge series, the NFFA is shown to be a very influential cult that holds immense power over politics and society in America.
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