This is not your Dad’s Bolshevik revolution

Tucker Carlson had a guest the other night that compared the current riots to the riots and civil unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The guest wrote a book that discussed the “Hard hat Riot” of 1970,

The Hard Hard Riot consisted of a bunch of union construction workers who attacked a group of hippies who were protesting the Vietnam War. The blue collar workers targeted any man who had long hair (only hippie men wore long hair back then) and whacked them with their construction hats and steel toed boots. Even though the hippie protesters were in the majority, the rough and tough blue collar workers kicked their ass.

This was seen as a reactionary backlash against the Left. The author claimed that this was the beginning of the end of the hippie riots of the 1960s/1970s and we can expect a similar thing today.

This theory is wrong on so many levels, it is hard to know where to start. But below are a couple of reasons why what happened in the early 1970s has little resemblance to what is happening today.

The civil unrest of the last 1960s was driven by the Draft and the Vietnam War.

When Nixon implemented the policy of “Vietnamization” (withdrawing troops from Vietnam), the protest movement collapsed. While the radical Leftists of the time attempted to pile other baggage on the protest movement (Marxism, Racism, Feminism, etc.), the primary motivation for millions of young people to protest was wanting to avoid being drafted and dying in a South Vietnamese jungle.

By 1972, it was clear the Vietnam War was winding down. As such, the protest movement collapsed in the mainstream. Yes, a few radical Marxists and hippies attempted to continue the momentum. But the movement was exhausted. The Hippie movement was dying, and the new decade of making money and snorting cocaine while disco dancing at Studio 54 was born. Almost overnight, the hippies suddenly seemed dated and old.

However, the current unrest of today is not based on just one issue that can easily be solved. The current BLM agenda is to eliminate ‘whiteness’ which, in practice, means genociding the White race in America. There is not one simple policy (such as ending a foreign war) that can exhaust the movement.

America was a 90% White, English speaking, Christian country

The construction workers who beat up the hippies in 1970 were White men who were Democrats. The establishment supported these men. As such, these men did not face lengthy prison sentences. On the contrary, mainstream America and most of the institutions supported attacking these hippies. Nixon was able to tap into this feeling with his “Law and Order” message.

Modern America is currently fractured. Just last week it was announced that the majority of young people are no longer White. Spanish is becoming the de facto language in large swaths of America. And the current establishment leaders are Jewish, not Christian. As such, this so-called ‘revolution’ is actively supported by the media, Hollywood and all major corporations. In 1970, no corporation would think of sending money to the Weather Underground. Yet, BLM (a domestic terror group) has probably received over a billion dollars from major corporations.

This is not a revolution, but a purge

In a typical revolution, the masses of people attempt to overthrow the establishment. Examples include the French Revolution and the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. In these cases the establishment opposed the revolution.

However, in our current situation, the establishment supports and funds the revolution. Burn down an Apple store? Apple will praise your actions and send you money. Take over part of a city? The mayor and governor will cheer you on! This would be equivalent to the Czar sending money and arms to the Bohlseviks.

What we are seeing is that the Left has already captured all the institutions. This has happened over decades with Cultural Marxism. They started with the universities in the 1950s and then they infiltrated Hollywood and the media. At first their propaganda was subtle, but now it is obvious and in your face. They hate you and want you dead.

These riots are simply purging any reactionary elements with violence. BLM and ANtifa are NOT opposed to the establishment. They are the armed terror wing of the establishment.

I get that we want to compare the current situation with the 1960s and 1970s. Because that revolutionary movement burned out and we saw Ronald Reagan elected, we hope that a similar thing will happen now. It won’t. We are on our own.