
Left-wing thinking effectively blanks out the real distinctions between representative government and totalitarian dictatorship.
– Roger Scruton, Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
There is a growing consensus among conservative writers and many individual citizens that America has descended into a condition of virtual civil war. It is not, or not yet, characterized by military confrontations on a national scale, as in 1861-65, but the facts on the ground strongly suggest a breakdown of civil order:
· the irreconcilable conflict between the political left and right;
· the belligerence and vituperation that passes for a national “conversation”;
· sporadic acts of violence, flash mobs and organized riots erupting in every corner of the country;
· the dismal lack of local and state leadership;
· Orwellian Ministries of Truth, otherwise known as digital platforms, controlling and censoring information;
· a rabid feminist network intent on destabilizing cultural traditions and mores;
· a president betrayed by his own generals and party senators;
· a rogue enclave set up by malcontents and domestic terrorists in the middle of an American city;
· and racial mayhem fomented and exploited by a class of partisan criminals.
Whether or not we call this situation the preliminary stages of civil war or simply massive social unrest and cutthroat politics may be only a matter of terminology.
What seems most obvious is that a civil war, like any war, requires two sides pitted against one another in outright combat or in destructive ideological engagements. And given the mass capitulation of mayors, governors, police chiefs, media editors, entertainment celebrities, CEOs and members of Congress to the insurrectionary cadres holding the nation hostage — forces of disarray like Antifa, Black Lives Matter, raging Twitter mobs, hate-promoting institutions like the SPLC, the ACLU, The Nation of Islam and others — one is hard pressed to locate and identify a respectable “other side” of the struggle.
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