I've noted before that societies do not descend into civil war all at once. Rather it is a gradual, uneven process the moves by fits and starts, sometimes reversing, but never long enough to stop its downward spiral.
The past few weeks have given us a number of examples that future generations might call "milestones to war."
- The savage beating of journalist Andy Ngo in broad daylight in full view of the police. Liberal apologists for the Antifa Stosstruppen are trying to claim that he's a conservative provocateur, but in fact his politics are firmly on the left - he just likes following a good story.
- Facebook's revised policy on death threats, which forbade them - except in cases where they were issued against people the management didn't like. This illegal policy was almost immediately rescinded, but one has to wonder what kind of idiots signed off on it in the first place.
- The spectacle of CNN/Playboy "Journalist" Brian Karem taunting attendees at a White House event and then challenging Sebastian Gorka to a fight in full view of the press - and then lying about it afterwards. It wasn't exactly an attack on the Senate floor, but it was close. Also indicative - mainstream press lied about what happened, choosing an edited version of the tape with Karem's taunting and challenge omitted.
- The growing public knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's predations, which happened in plain sight of the Ruling Class for years - and the fact that despite his conviction, they continued to party and socialize with him.
- The Democrat Party's full embrace of erasing US borders and it's open preference for non-citizens.
- The US "National" Women's Soccer Team openly insulting the National Anthem and trampling the flag during one of their tasteless celebrations.
I could go on, but the sum total of each of these events is to destroy the social contract that holds the nation together. If citizenship is meaningless and the "national team" feels it can insult the nation's symbols with impunity, what's left?
It's clear that the Democrats have no grand design or carefully crafted plan once they gain control, just a series of anti-American impulses to destroy our institutions. When 50 million Central Americans enter the country, they have no idea how they will govern it and this doesn't seem to bother them.
It's interesting to see how much this insanity is radicalizing the center. I've watched with great interest as otherwise moderate or non-political entities and publications have changed their tone.
Sohrab Amadi's famous essay has struck a nerve and I'm noticing a change in both attitude and behavior among Kurt Schlichter's "normals." No longer is there an easy-going sense that this will all blow over, or that cooler heads on the left will rein in the crazies. Instead there is a defiance, a stridency on the part of the center that wasn't there a year ago.
It comes from a simple realization: They really do hate us.
I don't think the left is capable of understanding where this will go, but it won't be pleasant for anyone.
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