I don’t understand today’s anarchists, especially the ones who hide behind the moniker “Antifa”. There’s something fake about them. Yes, many of the young people who get caught up in the Antifa movement are sincere. They really believe that they are fighting for a better world. Some of the issues they raise are righteous causes.
So, what is the fake part?
They are actors playing a part. Some of them are paid to do so.
Here are some of the actors who seem to be involved directly or indirectly with the anarchist group that calls itself Antifa.
1. There are the young college students who are mostly privileged white kids.
2. There are the university professors who have convinced students that Antifa is about opposing fascism - whatever that is.
3. Then there are those who finance the movement.
4. The Democrat Party enables and defends Antifa. Mayor Wheeler of Portland is the most obvious example of that.
Who else?
Those are the actors that are out in the open, more or less. Those who finance Antifa are more shadowy characters. George Soros is often mentioned. Possibly.
Antifa supporters argue that Antifa isn’t really a thing. It’s more like a slogan. If a person opposes fascism, then that makes them antifascist. Of course Antifa is more than that. For example, Rose City Antifa is an identifiable group. They have done a lot of damage in Portland. Antifa has chapters all over the country - and the world.
Do they have memberships lists? Do they issue Antifa ID cards to members? Are they non profits? Not exactly.
Does that mean Antifa isn’t a real thing? Yet Antifa is real. Its supporters play games of semantics. Equivocation is a con, and Antifa engages in equivocation quite easily. If one calls it an organization, they respond by saying it’s not. If one calls it a group, same answer. Yet it’s real.
What’s fake about today’s Anarchists?
Everything. There’s nothing real about them. Yes, some of the causes are real.
What makes them fake, then?
I say they’re fake based on the actions of real anarchists of the past. I call my grandfather and Arthur Boose as witnesses. They were real anarchists, not at all like the privileged, mostly white anarchists of today.
Today’s Antifa reminds me of counterfeit money. It looks real. In a way it is real in that it serves a purpose. It can even be passed off as real money, but it’s fake.
