Some of my best friends are anarchists. But theirs is a curious anarchism, for unlike the caricatures of anarchists of old, who — theorizing that since, in their minds, all states are illegitimate, they had free rein to shoot, bomb and monkey wrench the State and its supporters — my anarchist friends are friendly and non-violent.
They know they cannot achieve the kind of peaceful, stateless-but-lawful society they want with destruction.
Today’s best-known anarchists, however, aren’t like my friends. They are “Antifa,” and believe in initiating force. Together with Black Lives Matter, these “anarchists” upped the level of chaos to fever pitch during the months leading up to last November’s presidential election.
And they haven’t exactly stopped.
What do they hope to accomplish?
Well, don’t ask the FBI.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t keep track of them.
Spencer Brown, writing at Townhall, explains: “In a congressional hearing last week titled ‘Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part VI): Examining the Biden Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy,’ FBI Assistant Director of Counterterrorism Timothy Langan said that the Bureau doesn’t consider Antifa to be an ‘organization,’ and as such does not have specific information on the group’s activities.”
This is how the FBI and the left in general can say that the biggest domestic terrorist threat is “right-wing extremism.”
The idea is, apparently, if you don’t look at the data — even define it out of existence — you cannot report on it!
Why would the FBI join Democrats in averting their eyes from anarchist (as well as Marxist and racist) violence?
Perhaps the de facto policy at play here is anarcho-tyranny, where the government lets violent crime run rampant. Why? So government actors can leverage chaos and public anxiety to increase government size and scope.
Do politicians and functionaries use Antifa “anarchists” to increase their power?
Never let a crisis go to waste.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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