the lieutenant governor of minnesota is claiming that the riots over the death of the black man are being instigated by white supremacists.

let's just think that through for a minute.

but, you should recognize that this is reflective of the level of much of the discourse coming from the democrats, nowadays, who see themselves as so utterly reliant on black voters that they're willing to bend the truth in any direction possible. and, in a state like minnesota, which is overwhelmingly white, it makes you wonder if that narrative came down from head office.

she then claimed that the white supremacists were working with anarchists, which is an equally ridiculous claim. you might not like us, but try to understand us. we reject any sort of hierarchy - including hierarchies of race - on first principles.

it's literally a suggestion that communists and nazis are working together to burn down the city.

but, what's going on, here, in the wider context? there have been similar deaths recently, but these things only seem to happen during economic recessions, don't they? is this happening separately from the fiasco with the virus?

there's two ways to parse this.

1) this is some kind of disaster capitalism, and it's going to be used as an excuse to bring in martial law. i would have argued loudly against this as recently as two months ago, but i told you to read the handmaid's tale. is this the next phase of this?

2) this is what happens when you have millions and millions of unemployed young people. maybe you sent them checks, but they're still unemployed, and they obviously have nothing better to do.

frankly, i could think of worse ways to waste your time than burning down the police station, but that's only a start. and, i wonder. should i be out there on the street? what kind of revolutionary potential is building right now? and how controlled is it, in the sense of being generated to justify an increasingly draconian lockdown on our civil rights?