The whole point is to paint Trump as a dictator. In their eyes, he has to be the one sending in the jack boots.

Another reason is they are plain scared. Their own houses get attacked.

Another reason is all their friends think it's sweet that "all these young idealists" run around.

Another reason is you can't be against black people or women, and a lot of Antifa are women. BLM is led by three black women.

Another reason is when you have thought "socialism is nice" all your life, and something calls itself a "revolution," it is hard to scowl at it. It has a nice label.

Another reason is they aren't especially forceful or talented people. Their polities have run themselves, more or less, before this. They just don't know what to do.

Another reason is the municipal unions don't want anybody to say "no" to anything, because who knows where that might lead.

The biggest reason of all is their national party says to let this happen.

Going against the national leadership is scary and may be impossible. That is where you get the funding for your next re-election campaign.

I think you are seeing the results of the previous poverty, before the Trump era, which is only 3 1/2 years old.

That poverty meant that national party money became more important than local money. There was much less local money. Because of the pervasive poverty. That Trump fixed, and still is fixing. But this is still a holdover from that poverty. Local business money, that cares about the locale, does business there, MEANS LESS THAN money flowing from the national party committee. And shadow money too, obviously.

Those two money streams outbid the local business, and real estate, people's money. This is very bad.

The whole point is to paint Trump as a dictator. In their eyes, he has to be the one sending in the jack boots.

Another reason is they are plain scared. Their own houses get attacked.

Another reason is all their friends think it's sweet that "all these young idealists" run around.

Another reason is you can't be against black people or women, and a lot of Antifa are women. BLM is led by three black women.

Another reason is when you have thought "socialism is nice" all your life, and something calls itself a "revolution," it is hard to scowl at it. It has a nice label.

Another reason is they aren't especially forceful or talented people. Their polities have run themselves, more or less, before this. They just don't know what to do.

Another reason is the municipal unions don't want anybody to say "no" to anything, because who knows where that might lead.

The biggest reason of all is their national party says to let this happen.

Going against the national leadership is scary and may be impossible. That is where you get the funding for your next re-election campaign.

I think you are seeing the results of the previous poverty, before the Trump era, which is only 3 1/2 years old.

That poverty meant that national party money became more important than local money. There was much less local money. Because of the pervasive poverty. That Trump fixed, and still is fixing. But this is still a holdover from that poverty. Local business money, that cares about the locale, does business there, means LESS than money flowing from the national party committee. And shadow money too, obviously.

Those two money streams outbid the local business, and real estate, people's money. This is very bad.

The whole point is to paint Trump as a dictator. In their eyes, he has to be the one sending in the jack boots.

Another reason is they are plain scared. Their own houses get attacked.

Another reason is all their friends think it's sweet that "all these young idealists" run around.

Another reason is you can't be against black people or women, and a lot of Antifa are women. BLM is led by three black women.

Another reason is when you have thought "socialism is nice" all your life, and something calls itself a "revolution," it is hard to scowl at it. It has a nice label.

Another reason is they aren't especially forceful or talented people. Their polities have run themselves, more or less, before this. They just don't know what to do.

Another reason is the municipal unions don't want anybody to say "no" to anything, because who knows where that might lead.

The biggest reason of all is their national party says to let this happen.

Going against the national leadership is scary and may be impossible. That is where you get the funding for your next re-election campaign.

I think you are seeing the results of the previous poverty, before the Trump era, which is only 3 1/2 years old.

That poverty meant that national party money became more important than local money. There was much less local money. Because of the pervasive poverty. That Trump fixed, and still is fixing. But this is still a holdover from that poverty. Local business money, that cares about the local situation, means less than the money flowing from the national party committee. And shadow money too obviously.

Those two money streams outbid the local business and real estate people's money. This is very bad.