Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.
As defined by the FBI and DHS, anarchist violent extremism encompasses the potentially unlawful use or threat of force or violence in furtherance of an anti-government or anti-authority violent extremist ideology that considers capitalism and centralized government to be unnecessary and oppressive.
Work backwards from that: if you’re a leftist who considers capitalism to be oppressive, and you “threaten” to use your force (applying pressure, withholding labor, explicitly not violence as implied by "force or violence) to challenge government authority, congratulations, you’re an anarchist violent criminal!
Try to do more than just cntrl+F.
Work backwards from that: if you’re a leftist who considers capitalism to be oppressive, and you “threaten” to use your force (applying pressure, withholding labor, explicitly not violence as implied by "force or violence) to challenge government authority, congratulations, you’re an anarchist violent criminal!
You know it tracks that Wray wouldn’t be able to distinguish anti capitalism from anarchism. This is the dumbest fucking timeline.