I have said for 45 years that politics in the USA are ruled by the same crowd whipsawing us from one side to the other while constantly increasing the restriction of our Liberties.
The effect is that we desperately pull from one side to the other, while cutting down the tree of liberty as a side effect.
They do this to us. We are not really fighting KKK or BLM, Antifa or Nazis, we are doing the work of the oligarchs who control the story. Between the Government, corporations and media we are brought to work against each other, pulling back when the "other side" pushes, pushing when they pull back. Destroying each other in the process.
Republicans impose restrictions on personal life in one cycle, then Democrats impose restriction in public life in the next cycle. The problem is that neither side takes away the previous restrictions at any point. For example, Obama re-signed "The Patriot Act". Trump has not removed it either (OK, "yet". But don't hold your breath).
Now the cycles are bigger and stronger than they were in the past. The reactionary Press around things that concern less than 0.01% of the human race is staggering. How can these things destroy our Liberties?
But in the 60s they drastically changed society. "Anti-racism" changes required that everyone identify on all forms by race. How can that be right? It led to the identity politics of today.
I anticipate major "pushback" legislation to prevent "Alt-Right violence". More censorship of your personal choices, your words, your affiliations. The opposite side of when Reagan and Bush imposed restrictions on travel and privacy.
But this is the point. It's the opposite side of the same thing. It's authoritarianism.
The same Elites in their gated homes are hedging us in from both sides. The American Dream is now "A secure job with benefits" instead of "Being your own boss". Most on the internet don't remember it any other way.
Sorry for the rant, I must be feeling my age. I can't help but remember, with great sadness, Kent State and "Four Dead in Ohio".
Embrace Liberty, shun Violence
Me back in the day