The most striking thing about this video for me is when they are negotiating with the cops. "We're following orders from your boss (Trump)."
White men in law enforcement literally don't know what side they should be on. Those who haven't already decided that is.
White men in law enforcement literally don't know what side they should be on. Those who haven't already decided that is.
https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1350821247228268546
A lot of white people are susceptible to being misinformed and deceived in this moment. Many of them have spent their entire lives talking about an inevitable future where they have to defend their country from domestic enemies. It's part of their mythos.
The 2A patriot myth dovetails nicely with the Christian myths around the end times. The antichrist will appear as a world leader that deceives the masses. That's what they said about Obama. And of course these world leaders need to be overthrown by the truly faithful.
It's hard to convey the extent to which many white communities are steeped in these myths. They bond over it, they prepare for it, they gravitate towards leaders who can tell them when it's coming. They were always ripe for being turned into an army.
If you haven't heard any of this stuff before, it's probably me who sounds like the conspiracy theorist right now. I get it. But this shit is very real. And you have to start seeing it and understanding it. It's the only thing that will help you make sense of what's happening.
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