This is not hysteria. It's orchestrated and there are very important differences. Hysteria is ultimately irrational and you have to respond to it based on the fact that it is not something that can be rationally assessed or predicted.
BLM is a tool used by several distinct groups in society to achieve more power. The fact that many of its cannon fodder are clueless idiots is beside the point. This is the nature of most large-scale political movements. Usually the grunts appear more rational but they still tend to have no idea what the actual goals of the people pulling the strings are, this applies to warfare too.
In this case there are four main factions who have rational reasons for causing absolute mayhem:
Black Supremacists: Feed on the system of white guilt and know they can get more social and political influence from promoting racial disharmony.
Marxists (including intersectional SJWs and Antifa): Hope to destabilize the capitalist, liberal democratic system and replace it with their alternative and fuck the cost to the common people. We all go up against the wall before they turn on each other.
The Democrats: Hope that the mayhem will cause a backlash against Trump. They've screwed themselves but utter stupidity is not the same as irrationality.
Soros and Co: Why Soros and his kind are funding these activities is harder to gauge. Maybe it's the Zionist element hoping that increasing 'white guilt' is good for Zionism/Israel. Maybe its something related to Trump. Maybe it's about destabilizing the economy so they can make a killing in typical vulture capitalist fashion. Again, I don't know but they seem to be a distinct faction.
Soros and co provide funding. Democrats provide political and legal cover for rioting. BLM and Antifa organisers (who understand their end goals aren't actually about police violence or systemic racism) provide the clueless idiots who go out and smash things up.
The fodder might be succumbing to hysteria but if you overlook the people playing this as a political game, you're not going to give them the response that's required.
This is not hysteria. It's orchestrated and there are very important differences. Hysteria is ultimately irrational and you have to respond to it based on the fact that it is not something that can be rationally assessed or predicted.
BLM is a tool used by several distinct groups in society to achieve more power. The fact that many of its cannon fodder are clueless idiots is beside the point. This is the nature of most large-scale political movements. Usually the grunts appear more rational but they still tend to have no idea what the actual goals of the people pulling the strings are, this applies to warfare too.
In this case there are four main factions who have rational reasons for causing absolute mayhem:
Black Supremacists: Feed on the system of white guilt and know they can get more social and political influence from promoting racial disharmony.
Marxists (including intersectional SJWs and Antifa): Hope to destabilize the capitalist, liberal democratic system and replace it with their alternative and fuck the cost to the common people. We all go up against the wall before they turn on each other.
The Democrats: Hope that the mayhem will cause a backlash against Trump. They've screwed themselves but utter stupidity is not the same as irrationality.
Soros and Co: Why Soros and his kind are funding these activities is harder to gauge. Maybe it's the Zionist element hoping that increasing 'white guilt' is good for Zionism/Israel. Maybe its something related to Trump. Maybe it's about destabilizing the economy so they can make a killing in typical vulture capitalist fashion. Again, I don't know but they seem to be a distinct faction.
Soros and co provide funding. Democrats provide political and legal cover for rioting. BLM and Antifa organisers (who understand their end goals aren't actually about police violence or systemic racism) provide the clueless idiots who go out and smash things up.
The fodder might be succumbing to hysteria but if you overlook the people playing this as a political game, you're not going to give them the response that's required.