The Real
Reason It is Difficult to Prosecute “Antifa”
Many Americans have complained that neither
the police nor the FBI appear interested in investigating or prosecuting
anarchist paramilitary groups, even when they are leading the worst and most
deadly riots in modern history.
This isn’t because it is hard to find
out who these people are. It is due to state corruption and privilege. A large
number of anarchists are the sons and daughters of politicians, bankers,
judges, and other connected elite figures, thus immunizing from the
consequences of their crimes.
Recently,
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio’s own daughter was
arrested among the rioters in the city he governs. Vice presidential contender
and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine’s son is
another example. An “antifa” organizer was exposed by National
Justice as the grandson of a judge and nephew of a Congressman who
is also now a judge.
Ken
Klippenstein, a digital blogger who is a fan of the anarchist groups dubbed
“antifa,” was leaked documents by FBI agents about with details about an
ongoing investigation into the activities of these violent extremists.
With virtually every institution in
America expressing support for these terrorist groups, along with their
connections to powerful officials, Donald Trump’s bluster about labeling them a
terrorist group appears to be nothing but a gust of hot air.
Conclusion 2: this is not a revolution or a
civil war
Some are now fantasizing that
what we are witnessing today is either a revolution or a civil war. I believe
that this is neither.
For a revolution to take place there must be a force capable of
changing not the person(s) in power, but fundamentally change the regime, the
polity, itself and replacing it with another one. Declaring that “Black lives
matter” or looting stores or even demanding that the police be defunded, does
not have this kind of potential capability.
For a civil war to take
place you need at least two sides, each with a clearly identifiable political
agenda. Since the real power in the US
is hidden from the public awareness, there is no potential for a “the people vs
the rulers” kind of civil war in the US. A “Right/Conservative vs Left/Liberal”
civil war is also not possible, because both the US Right and the US Left are,
in reality controlled by a deep state which is neither liberal nor
conservative. Finally, a “rematch” between North and South is not possible
either because the modern US is not really split along North/South lines
anymore. In terms of geography, there is somewhat of a “Big cities vs rural
USA” split, but it takes place in both the north and the south of the country.
Instead, what we do observe is a social breakup of the US into “zones” some of which will be doing much better than others (big
cities with a strong Black population fare the worst, mostly White small towns
fare best; that is even true within the same state). In some of these zones, we
will see more of this kind of acts of self-protection:
This kind of
confrontations, even if they are not violent, are yet another illustration of
the state being simply unable to take charge and protect the people.
