After the failures of the Paris Riots of '68, the collapse of the USSR's socialist economy, the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the spectacle of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and the reign of both Thatcher and Reagan, the left was at a loss, to...
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The looney left in the 21st century.
With the old economic attack failing, Marxism turned to a new approach. The assumption is still that capitalism must be destroyed, but this time, the indictment is over cultural crimes against the environment, against people "of color," and against women (the list has gotten longer). Old Marxism could attack all of Western culture on the "systemic" economic front. This new approach was fragmented until it was yoked together with "intersectionality." Translation: Everyone is equally oppressed by capitalism. Like any revolution, they still needed a spark, and along came George Floyd. Then we had cities burning, statues torn down, the institutions of law and jurisprudence mocked, riots, looting, etc. Much of this took place in the summer of love at the
urging of Pelosi, Harris, and other female leaders such as the mayor of Baltimore, who provided rioters "space to destroy," and the A.G. of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, who
noted, "Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow."
This is fuel for the left. During the riots of May 2020, one recalls
Don Lemon on CNN declaring that violence is patriotic:
Our country was started because, the Boston Tea Party. Rioting. So do not get it twisted and think this is something that has never happened before and this is so terrible and these savages and all of that. This is how this country was started.
Violence and rebellion have been "
normalized" by the left. The idea that the country's political and social DNA is oppositional at its core ignores the peace, stability, and individual responsibility at the heart of the Constitution. With the Declaration, the country declared a principled opposition and rebellion. The Constitution
set the course for normalcy.
We are always being tested and retested to see if we accept every new progressive idea, every new variant of COVID, mask type, lockdown restriction, every baseless trial, raid, indictment or impeachment, every new gender definition, every new take on sexual deviance ("minor-attracted person" is now coming forward), speech and language mandates, drag queen reading hour, gun restrictions, gas stove restrictions, E.V. car mandates, every massive taxation and redistribution scheme, every new end-of-the-world theory on climate or race, e
