@Gnomeshatecheese @LostInCalifornia American youth are First World privileged over-protected and under-educated narcissistic brats who lost their minds out of boredom in covid lockdown. They managed to subdue their helicopter parents with tantrums and threats, so it's only natural they would carry those tactics forward into adulthood. What better avenue to vent their bitter discontentment at the world than joining an informal pseudo paramilitary civilian army that will take anyone without screening or training, where aggressive anti-social behavior is celebrated, and the targets of their wrath are the perfect stand-ins for Mommy? It's not punching down if you identify as the victim and position the real victim as the perpetrator, right? The upside is that everyone now sees Antifa as a bunch of pear-shaped aggro manbabies with stupid hair.