Many of us have looked at the Marxist roots of Black Lives Matter (as well as the fact that they freely funnel money into Democrat coffers) and considered the current riots as a push toward social disruption that will usher in socialism as a means of equity. What is not mentioned by those who espouse socialism is that it totally eliminates the middle class and leaves two classes–the elites in charge and the equally poverty stricken. Unfortunately our schools are not teaching the lessons of history regarding socialism. However, there is another take on the current unrest that is very interesting.<\/p>\n
On July 1st, Sohrab Ahmari posted an article at The Spectator<\/a> about the current riots.<\/p>\n The article notes:<\/p>\n America is not in the middle of a revolution \u2014 it is a reactionary putsch. About four years ago, the sort of people who had acquired position and influence as a result of globalization were turfed out of power for the first time in decades. They watched in horror as voters across the world chose Brexit, Donald Trump and other populist and conservative-nationalist options.<\/strong><\/p>\n This deposition explains the storm of unrest battering American cities from coast to coast and making waves in Europe as well. The storm\u2019s ferocity \u2014 the looting, the mobs, the mass lawlessness, the zealous iconoclasm, the deranged slogans like #DefundPolice \u2014 terrifies ordinary Americans. Many conservatives, especially, believe they are facing a revolution targeting the very foundations of American order.<\/strong><\/p>\n But when national institutions bow (or kneel) to the street fighters\u2019 demands, it should tell us that something else is going on. We aren\u2019t dealing with a Maoist or Marxist revolt, even if some protagonists spout hard-leftish rhetoric. Rather, what\u2019s playing out is a counter-revolution of the neoliberal class \u2014 academe, media, large corporations, \u2018experts\u2019, Big Tech \u2014 against the nationalist revolution launched in 2016. The supposed insurgents and the elites are marching in the streets together, taking the knee together.<\/strong><\/p>\n I believe the following is the most important paragraph in the article:<\/p>\n They do not seek a radically new arrangement, but a return to the pre-Trump, pre-Brexit status quo ante which was working out very well for them. It was, of course, working out less well for the working class of all races, who bore the brunt of their preferred policy mix: open borders, free trade without limits, an aggressive cultural liberalism that corroded tradition and community, technocratic \u2018global governance\u2019 that neutered democracy and politics as such.<\/strong><\/p>\n The rioters do not understand that they are being used by the very people who choose to keep them in poverty by shipping jobs overseas and undercutting wages by opening\u00a0 borders.<\/p>\n The article continues:<\/p>\n Does anyone seriously believe the American establishment \u2014 Walmart, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, the trustees of Ivy League universities, the major sports leagues, even Brooks Brothers, for God\u2019s sake \u2014 would sign on to a movement that genuinely threatened its material interests? And yet these and many other firms and institutions are falling over themselves to express solidarity with the \u2018uprising\u2019, some going so far as to donate millions of dollars to Black Lives Matter, an outfit that lists among its objectives the abolition of the nuclear family.<\/strong><\/p>\n Over the past four years, every trick in the book has been used to end the \u2018nightmare\u2019 of national conservatism and populism. The methods deployed by the elite reflect its tendencies and preferences as a class. Just think of recent skirmishes. A decisive majority of British voters resolved to leave the EU and then had to spend three years fighting a political establishment that marshaled all its vast resources to thwart Brexit. It failed. In America the liberal establishment tried harder, failed harder, but learned more. From the minute Trump won the presidential election, Democrats, elements of the security apparatus, and their media allies set out to undo the result. The marquee events were the \u2018collusion\u2019 probe and an impeachment push that was perhaps the single biggest insult ever to the intelligence of the American people. There were also countless smaller attempts to unseat Trump and destroy his entourage.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n Which social class most excels at politically correct manners? That would be the professional-managerial class, the laptop class. Its children learn the patois for discussing \u2018issues of race, gender and sexuality\u2019 from an early age. They\u2019re expected to have mastered it by the time they take their entry-level jobs. It\u2019s a skill that private schools are doubtless teaching already.<\/strong><\/p>\n Working-class people, meanwhile, are most likely to struggle with this language. Even when they mean well they don\u2019t always get it right, not least because the rules constantly shift with the vagaries of critical race theory and LGBTQ acronyms. By fortifying the requirements to speak and think correctly \u2014 and raising the stakes for failures \u2014 the neoliberal class has now built a repressive new mechanism for staying at the top and keeping the oiks down. Especially those who voted the wrong way in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n So whatever you do, don\u2019t call it a leftist revolution. With the flags, the protests, the kneeling and the new language, it\u2019s a counter-revolution. The outcome remains uncertain, but the class war is well and truly under way.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a very interesting perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many of us have looked at the Marxist roots of Black Lives Matter (as well as the fact that they freely funnel money into Democrat coffers) and considered the current riots as a push toward social disruption that will usher … Continue reading