In the context of the social unrest following George Floyd’s horrific murder, we have witnessed some righteous and appropriate indignation. Protests are a legitimate American expression guaranteed by the American Constitution. This is Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly.

Sadly, in the midst of righteous protest, there have also been some very disturbing and destructive riots. This is lawlessness, not legitimate political expression. It is certainly sad that so many on the progressive left have attempted to justify or even underwrite such lawlessness. Fortunately, there are multiple voices of reason that reject the violence and theft. Let’s hope they are heard.

There are several issues at play, and each must be addressed:

• Police brutality (and in this case murder) must never be tolerated. In this case, the rogue officers have been fired, arrested, and charged. They will have a trial but ultimately justice should be served. The lesson here is an argument for constitutional liberty, rule of law, and individual rights, not for socialism. Other systems are far worse in the abuse of authority.
• Wealth disparity is a serious problem. Consider this from Market Watch:

The only way to truly solve the race problem in America is to narrow the wealth gap, black economists say

Greg Robb Published: June 6, 2020 at 5:37 p.m. ET

• The progressive left has demonstrated the greatest hypocrisy. A few weeks ago, there were protests regarding the dictatorial nature of the quarantine lockdowns. Even though there was no violence, the media treated the peaceful protests as if they were mob behavior. The media and government officials threatened the protestors and accused them of murder with claims they were spreading a deadly pandemic. But just a few days later, they excused the violence and amazingly the crowds were somehow exempt from spreading disease.
• What is driving the progressives so crazy is that President Trump had survived a) claims of Russian collusion (proven false by the invasive Mueller investigation), b) a manufactured impeachment effort regarding Ukraine (and fell flat because VP Biden had done far worse than they claimed about President Trump), c) an outright media blame game attack about the pandemic (Trump had strong polling, even higher than Obama at the same point of his first term). Even more upsetting is the fact that Biden was losing black voter support and Trump was receiving high approval among black Americans before the protests/riots (and amazingly, he still is).

All of this created a cocktail of crisis, a flammable concoction just waiting for the match to strike. The tragic murder of George Floyd was the spark. But the match was provided by radical revolutionaries funded in part by Maoists and the anti-American elements who cannot afford to see a second Trump term. Radical leftists, the Deep State, the leftist media, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cannot well survive four more years of President Trump. This is existential to them.

Think about it. We are less than five months from the election. And yet, rather than allowing the democratic process to take place, there is a push to so demonize President Trump, pulling out all the stops to remove him from office. The opposition knows the stakes involved. And they feared they would not win with a strong economy, and growing Trump approval among black Americans.

Former Vice President Biden has insulted black Americans with the if you aren’t supporting him, “you ain’t black.” He later insulted 10-15% of all Americans saying they are “not good people.” Basically, his definition of “not good people” is made up of people who are not supporting him. If you oppose the radical left, you are demmed evil and deserve punishment.

It is frightening what is being said and done to those who disagree with the radical mob. Here are just a few examples:

1. Silencing political opposition. The New York Times published an editorial by a sitting Senator, Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Senator Cotton is a leader who was ahead of the curve on the Coronavirus, warning America. His editorial expressed a political opinion. It was properly submitted to the paper. But yet, the paper had to apologize for printing it. They are not to allow any view other than the progressive line.
2. While Senator Cotton’s opinions are not worthy of the NY Times, apparently stating that you must literally cut off family and friends who disagree with the left is an idea to be promoted. The new rule is that you tell your family that you will no longer communicate with them unless they adopt your radicalized views. That is what cults do!
3. Demonize any who want to remain neutral. “Silence is violence.” You cannot allow anyone to refuse to drink the Kool-Aid. They must support the left or be punished.

All of this is mob behavior. Mob behavior is how Hitler took Germany and the threatened the world. It is how communists captured Russia before that. And it is how the French Revolution killed so many.

This is a sad preamble to the main point, however. What you must know is that the mob behavior is not a natural response to the supposed racism of Trump and the evil of America. To prove that, simply look at the protests and riots taking place in cities around the world. Do you really think that things happening in Sydney or Paris or London are really caused by Donald Trump? Or, do you really suppose that America is the worst, most racist nation on the planet? If you do, you need to get out more. The United States is not the most racist, not by a long shot. That’s a domestic media narrative but it isn’t close to the truth. And Donald Trump is not the problem.

In 2013, the Washington Post ran a story featuring the work of two Swedish economists. They wanted to know if economic freedom made a nation more or less racist. Their findings? You can see for yourself in the map that the Post produced. America was on the lower end of the spectrum along with Canada, Scandinavian countries, much of Latin America, England, and Australia. On the higher end were Russia, China, India, along with several Middle Eastern and African nations.

None of this is to excuse racism in any form or any nation. We should not be “patting ourselves on the back” because our racism scores are comparatively better than other countries. But it does shed some light on the differentiation between peaceful American protests of a horrible murder and the mob violence that has burned multiple cities. I can only assume that the peaceful protestors would like to see a continued improvement in our nation. Let’s follow the constitution, apply liberty, and demonstrate improvement for all citizens. The violent mob, on the other hand is pushing for the complete destruction of this nation. Tear it all down and start over. This is fueled by enemies, foreign and domestic.

The domestic enemies are obvious although they try to stay under the radar. They are the “Resist” movement started by former President Obama’s loyalists and emerging as Indivisible, following the Saul Alinsky model. Look at their website. Top of the list is to defund the police. This group is teaming with people who want to tear it all down and start over. Be careful what you wish for. Every revolution started by mob rule has quickly morphed from anarchy to despotism.

The foreign enemy in this case is China. And everything we are seeing is straight from the Unrestricted Warfare playbook. We will cover this in part two ahead.