All the spittle-drooling religious fanatics want their personal congregational babbling to become the supreme law of the land.
Thousands of former infantry corporals fancy themselves as Generals in some post-apocalypse rag-tag army.
All the Ron Paul freaks think they will prosper in some nationwide sort of Galt's Gulch (in spite of their drugged stupor).
And most of the above fantasize about shooting everyone who comes up the road, like that will convince everyone to unify around their envisioned utopia.
“Every sort of wanna-be tyrant is champing at the bit for a chance to set up their own fifedom after a SHTF scenario.”
Yup. Like King George.
Be that as it may, it's largely irrelevant when "the center does not hold."