libertyblitzkrieg | The pressure cooker situation that erupted over the weekend has been
building for five decades, but really accelerated over the past twenty
years. After every crisis of the 21st century there’s been this “do
whatever it takes mentality,” which resulted in more wealth and power
for the national security state and oligarchy, and less resources,
opportunities and civil liberties for the many. If anything, it’s
surprising it took so long to get here, partly a testament to how
skilled a salesman for the power structure Obama was.
The
covid-19 pandemic, related societal lockdown and another round of in
your face economic looting by Congress and the Federal Reserve merely
served as an accelerant, and the only thing missing was some sort of
catalyst combined with warmer weather. Now that the eruption has
occurred, I hope cooler heads can prevail on all sides.
I don't
think people understand the significance of the President declaring
"Antifa" a "terrorist organization".
The Patriot Act and provisions of the NDAA of 2012 make this
frightening. Because Antifa is informal it puts all protestors in
danger--like declaring them un-citizens.
— Bret
Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) June
1, 2020
On the one hand, you can’t pillage the public so blatantly and
consistently for decades while telling them voting will change things
and not expect violence once people realize it doesn’t. On the other
hand, street violence plays perfectly into the hands of those who would
take the current moment and use it to advocate for a further loss of
civil liberties, more internal militarization, and the emergence of an
overt domestic police state that’s been itching to fully manifest since
9/11.
It’s my view we need to take the current moment and admit the unrest
is a symptom of a deeply entrenched and corrupt bipartisan imperial
oligarchy that cares only about its own wealth and power. If people of
goodwill across the ideological spectrum don’t take a step back and
point out who the real looters are, nothing’s going to improve and we’ll
put another bandaid on a systemic cancer as we continue our
longstanding march toward less freedom and more authoritarianism.
While we aren’t going to solve everything at once, something should
be done as soon as possible to at least partially address current anger
and frustration.
Clearly there’s a major problem when it comes to policing in America,
particularly in poor inner-city communities. Let’s start by ending qualified immunity.
