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Smart meters and technology
In the 1960s Welch insisted that the Johnson administration's fight against communism in Vietnam was part of a communist plot aimed at taking over the United States. Welch demanded that the United States get out of Vietnam, thus aligning the Society with the far left.<ref>Stephen Earl Bennett, "Modes of Resolution of a 'Belief Dilemma' in the Ideology of the John Birch Society," ''Journal of Politics'' 1971 33(3): 735-772</ref>
In the 1960s Welch insisted that the Johnson administration's fight against communism in Vietnam was part of a communist plot aimed at taking over the United States. Welch demanded that the United States get out of Vietnam, thus aligning the Society with the far left.<ref>Stephen Earl Bennett, "Modes of Resolution of a 'Belief Dilemma' in the Ideology of the John Birch Society," ''Journal of Politics'' 1971 33(3): 735-772</ref>
===Smart Meters and Technology===
The John Birch Society opposes the deployment of smart meters out of a concern for both privacy and radiation health risks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/energy/item/24569-the-great-smart-meter-con|title=The Great Smart Meter Con|work=New American|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref> The John Birch Society worries that society will become so dependent upon technology that it will evolved into a "technocracy" where technologist will be in control.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/24927-alex-newma-patrick-wood-warns-technocracy-takeover|title=Researcher Warns of Technocracy Takeover|work=New American|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref>
==Rejected by most conservatives==
==Rejected by most conservatives==