What does an autocrat need in order to force his whims and will on an intimidated and submissive people? A fundamental tool is a civilian paramilitary to beat people up, threaten them, kill them if needed.
Where have we seen this in the past?
- Black Shirts in Mussolini’s Italy
- Blue Shirts in Franco’s Spain
- Brown Shirts in Hitler’s Germany
- Silver Shirts in America’s American First Nazis in the 1930s
So, what color shirts will the J6 “Hostages” choose as they recruit those already undergoing paramilitary training in red area hills? MAGA red?
Trump and MAGA are very clear that democracy and the rule of law have been crushed and replaced by the rule of Trump and the rule of MAGA and the rule of Theocracy and the rule of Oligarchy.
Oops - too many rulers? Do they first attack each other? Remember that Stalin killed Trotsky, and Hitler killed Rohm. So I expect each to try to “get rid of” the others and take over. Isn’t “taking over” what autocracy/fascism/authoritarianism all about?
We’ll see.
