Generational Dynamics World View

[David Horn]

(06-01-2020, 01:27 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(06-01-2020, 10:04 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(06-01-2020, 09:17 AM)David Horn Wrote: This is a good point, and one that the Boogaloo Bois are counting on.  In case you've missed the latest iteration of political whacknuttery, the Boogaloo Bois are a rightwing anarchist "group" similar to Antifa on the left. Apparently, they've seized on the protests  in many cities, and used them to create low level mayhem.  In most cases, they are the ones looting the high end stores.  I doubt the numbers in either consortium are very high, with both "groups" being intentionally disorganized, but creating mayhem is pretty easy if you set out to do it.  The big question: how quickly will this anarchist urge die-out and a more communal one take hold?  We've celebrated the individual for decades.  Tamping that down won't come easy.  Add a pandemic, and it gets really messy.

I don't know why you describe them as "rightwing."  The article you reference doesn't do so.

My guess is that they're a vestige of the KKK.

I think that for once I am tending to agree a little with Xenakis.  They are advocating violence to overthrow the system.  In this their belief is not so far from the early Marxists.  Revolution in theory will overthrow a dominance by the elites.  If you are of the Democrats are Marxist and Republicans are fascist school, this puts them on the left.

But most on the left would denounce this approach.  They would rather seek change within the system rather than destroy the system.  This puts them way out in the unaligned category, opposed to both parties.

I would have doubts that they are aligned with the KKK.  They don't seem to be particularly a racist organization.

Perhaps that's the problem with political alignments in general.  Who's with the anarchists? They do serve the wealthy and powerful, who can manage on their own, and hate being told what to do and how much tax they owe, but they are also opponents of the elites.  The two "groups" seem to be on opposite sides in this melee, so can they be allies too?  Frenemies ... but not too much?