The Left’s Premature Revolution
Article by Steve McCann in "The American Thinker":
There
an evergreen adage in the world of business, politics and
entertainment: “Timing is Everything.” It’s a truism that is lost on
the now fully radicalized American left and their militant cohorts in
their mad dash to exploit the tragic death of George Floyd.
During
the Obama presidency, the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent
acquittal of Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as the
death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore, engendered riots,
looting and violence in those cities. These events demonstrated to the
left that the Marxian tactic of exploiting class animosity to foment
revolution, which has not succeeded in an essentially egalitarian United
States, should be replaced by the fomenting of racial animosity and the
exploitation of egregious law enforcement events, which could be the
catalyst to launch the fundamental transformation of the nation. These
occurrences can trigger, not just local, but national upheaval that can
be used to browbeat the citizenry. Particularly as their militant wing
greatly expanded with the creation of the organization, Black Lives
Matter, after the Ferguson riots.
Taking
a page from many 20th Century despots, Black Lives Matter utilized the
facade of branding their militant Marxist entity with a sentiment few
would take issue with, as black lives do matter. Hence, they were able
to intimidate major corporations into making massive financial
contributions and engendering positive media coverage while advocating Marxist ideology and Fascist tactics alongside their fellow travelers in Antifa.
Thus,
with the growth of the overall movement, their manipulation of an
acquiescent Democrat party and the mainstream media as well as
unabashedly exploiting the substantial plurality of liberal white elites
in the thrall of “White Guilt” and gullibly believing the country is
systemically racist, the radicalized American left was perhaps within a
few years of being in the position of effectively exercising
unchallenged and overwhelming coercion and extortion in order to
fundamentally transform America.
The
key to triggering this transformation was to be a spark in the form of
another white police killing of an unarmed black man and the unleashing
of the dogs of violence and intimidation throughout the country,
culminating in the subsequent acquiescing by the ruling class to
virtually all demands of the radical left in order to ensure peace. But
the tragedy that befell George Floyd came too soon, as the timing and
circumstances were not yet in place for this master plan to succeed.
1.
Over the previous three months the nation has been racked with the
economic and societal fallout of a lockdown indiscriminately and
oftentimes incoherently enforced by various Democrat, thus left-wing,
governors and mayors. All sectors of the citizenry have been adversely
affected, but those living in red states have been extraordinarily
victimized. Thus, an ever-growing percentage of the populace is being
made aware of not only the mindset of left-wing politicians but the
true-life consequences of their guiding philosophy. After experiencing
the devastating economic and societal costs of the lockdown, the bulk of
the citizenry is not reacting well to the demands of the left and their
militant army as they fan the flames of destruction and beat the drum
of obligatory Marxist based fundamental transformation as the only means
of curing so-called systemic racism.
2.
Prior to the Wuhan Virus pandemic, the nation, under the leadership of
Donald Trump, was recording unprecedented economic growth and more
importantly minorities, in particular African Americans, were
experiencing the lowest unemployment rates ever documented. This same
African American citizenry has been polled showing President Trump with
unprecedented high approval ratings
for a Republican president. Not coincidentally, minority small business
formation was also setting historical records. Yet, it is these
businesses that are being looted and firebombed in the riots fomented by
Black Lives Matter and Antifa as resentment and anger builds within the
Black community towards these instigators and their grand scheme.
3.
The nation has been subjected to over three years of government abuse
and illegalities in the Establishment’s unceasing efforts to destroy,
impeach and/or derail Donald Trump. Almost every day another revelation
exposing the corruption of the so-called deep state is exposed in what
is without a doubt the most egregious political scandal in the nation’s
history. Consequently, an ever-growing percentage of the population is
becoming more aware of the pitfalls of the all-powerful central
government which the left demands.
4.
Revealing an inability to control themselves, the radical left is
overtly demanding the de facto elimination of police and law
enforcement. This is an issue that has virtually no support among the
populace as in a recent poll
72% of likely voters (including 51% of Blacks) have a favorable view of
their local police. Further, those who would live in the chaos that
would ensue in a community with no police are extraordinarily aware of
the consequences.
5.
The majority of Americans believe this is an exceptional country and
not systemically or irredeemably racist. If it were, then the
overwhelming success of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s and 70’s
that succeeded in abolishing ALL institutional racism (the
institutionalization of racial discrimination and segregation by means
of laws, regulations and customs) that I witnessed and participated in
would never have happened, much less have happened in less than 20
years, an astoundingly short period of time in the annals for a social
transformation of any nation on earth. The tactic of relying solely on
racial animosity to foment a revolution is increasingly falling on deaf
ears as the reality of every-day lives of all Americans reveal more
racial harmony than ever. Additionally, President Trump’s policies and
overtures to a previously politically monolithic African American
community has reinforced this reality.
In
their mad dash to exploit the tragic death of George Floyd, the left
and their militant cohorts ignored the advice of their forefathers, Marx
and Lenin, who admonished that revolutions take time and patience.
Perhaps if they had waited until Donald Trump was no longer in office,
there was no recent pandemic lockdown and the occupant of the White
House was virtually any Democrat or the typical Republican composite of
John McCain, Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski, the radical left would have
been far more successful in wringing out dramatic concessions that
would move the country markedly left. But, thanks to their lack of
patience, the American people now know who these people are and what
they stand for which is prompting a brewing albeit silent backlash.
Writing in The Epoch Times Roger L. Simon posited the following:
A new silent majority is about to emerge, one far more sophisticated than the old Nixonian version and more sophisticated, too, than BLM/Antifa follow travelers in the Democratic Party and media.
It
is almost a certainty that the left, BLM and Antifa will continue their
“protests” as long as the media favorably covers them, but the damage
to their movement is and continues to be irreparable. Thanks to not
understanding that timing is everything.
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