What happens when a sub-group of a society hates the organization, structure, and institutions of that society? In the Book of Mormon, we have three different approaches to answering this question. The first were the anti-Christs – people and groups who opposed the cultural foundations of the Nephites – the gospel of Jesus Christ. We discussed anti-Christs in greater detail in episode 9 or part 2.3. The second is a group that we discuss in this episode – the king-men. This was a group that attacked the political structure of the society – they wanted to change the governing structure from a magistracy based on laws and checks and balances of judges. The third approach is represented by secret combinations that come most directly in the form of the Gadianton Robbers. We discuss them, in detail, in part seven of this podcast series. Consider what the Book of Mormon provides us today – an explanation for how groups seek to destroy societal foundations by attacking the culture, the government, and the civil society. I believe that there are profound insights in this discussion for the 21st century world.