Rawles was quoted by the ''New York Times'' in April of 2008 that "interest in the survivalist movement 'is experiencing its largest growth since the late 1970s'”. He also stated that his blog's conservative core readership has been supplemented with "an increasing number of stridently green and left-of-center readers."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/fashion/06survival.html</ref>
==Strong Advocate of Conservapedia over WikipediaViews on online encyclopedias==Ralwes is Rawles has been a staunch advocate critic of [[Conservapedia]] and links to it where possible using his [[The Survival Blog]]Wikipedia, doing his best to avoid what frequently which he sometimes calls the "[[Wikipedia|LiberalPropagandaPedia]]."or "LeftistAgendapedia".
To quote himIn a March 28, 2016 editorial, Rawles called upon his readers to edit Wikipedia to remove [[Examples of bias in Wikipedia|liberal bias]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/the-world-through-pink-colored-glasses-wikipedias-leftist-editorial-distortions/|title=The World Through Pink-Colored Glasses: Wikipedia’s Leftist Editorial Distortions|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref><blockquote>There are only two cures for Wikipedia’s now deeply entrenched bias. First, a larger number of Constitutionalists, conservatives, libertarians, and Christians need to get involved in watching Wikipedia and correcting errors. Second, the alternatives to Wikipedia (such as Conservapedia) should be promoted.</blockquote> On September 16, 2013, Rawles wrote, "As I’ve mentioned before, Wikipedia’s editors have strong [[leftist]] and [[statist]] [[liberal bias|biases]]. This is evidenced by the way that they selectively delete content and gradually push the Point of View (POV) of articles to match their world views. According a SurvivalBlog reader in [[Switzerland]], the following section was deleted from Wikipedia by members of an [[gun control|anti-gun]] Wikipedia [[cabal]] on August 14, 2013. (It had been part of the [[Mayors Against Illegal Guns]] article). ***Never mentioned in the Wikipedia article was the fact that there are charges pending against at least seven other members of their “crime fighting” organization: Marcus Hook Mayor [[James Schiliro|James ‘Jay’ Schiliro]] - the “furnishing [[alcohol]] to a minor” charge was just dropped on a technicality, but he still faces [[misdemeanor]] charges of official oppression, recklessly endangering another person, unlawful restraint and false imprisonment, in a bizarre incident where he tried to force a young man to have [[homosexual]] relations, at gunpoint.)"<ref>156 {{Templatecite web|url=https:James Wesley Rawles authorized quotation}} January 5, 2015 ''//survivalblog.com/embarrassing_truths_an_example_of_why_you_shouldnt_trust_wikipedia/|title=Embarrassing Truths: An Example of Why You Shouldn’t Trust Wikipedia'' http://survivalblog.com/embarrassing_truths_an_example_of_why_you_shouldnt_trust_wikipedia|date=September 16, 2013|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>, <ref name=schiliroscandal>{{cite web|last=Bender|first=William|title=Marcus Hook Mayor arrested, seeking re-election|url=http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-22/news/37940199_1_schiliro-whelan-report-states|publisher=Philly.com}}</ref> Rawles has also called upon his followers to add content to Conservapedia among other wikis, "Joining a long list: Wilson Combat Announces Anti-Gun States, No-Sale Policy. Now, if the big manufacturing companies would do the same… OBTW, somebody ought to write an article on the Firearms Equality Movement and post it to Conservapedia, Gunsopedia, and Wikipedia. (It will probably get either spiked or butchered, at the latter.)"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/odds_n_sods_2529/|title=Odds 'n Sods|date=March 1, 2013|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>
==Economic views==
