As bad as the mobs are, it's the bolsheviks who are the real danger. The jogger mobs are just a force of nature that they've harnessed for their own purposes. It's hard for me to imagine societal stability being restored outside of completely eradicating Antifa, their goons, and their enablers (bolshevik professors, media publications, entertainment figures.)
The problem is, as others have pointed out, that it's almost impossible to beat them in small-scale, publicized confrontations where they play the victim so well and control the media narrative. Only an overwhelming, top-down blitz backed by moral conviction and strength of will could possibly do anything about it, but Trump obviously lacks the will to go full Pinochet. And the populace still clings to illusions of democracy and Heritage America's desiccated corpse, so a right-wing strongman seems it's not going to happen. Yet.
On the other hand, if jogger mobs decide to invade suburban neighborhoods in red states, they'll be filled with AR-15 bullets before they have a chance to exclaim they dindu nuffin. That's the point where things get really interesting. A crowd of Proud Boys or similar groups present a very public, centralized organism with a face - you're essentially volunteering to play by the enemy's rules, at the mercy of the enemy's umpires.
But when half the neighborhood is armed and shooting from behind the bushes in near anonymity, they gain a massive strategic advantage - not unlike what's allowed massive growth in the dissident right via online communities. This is how I would expect to see things play out if things get hot beyond the major city centers. What's yet to be determined is how much encroachment armed militias will tolerate before they start shooting - looting the local strip mall? Setting the school on fire? Who knows.
The problem is, as others have pointed out, that it's almost impossible to beat them in small-scale, publicized confrontations where they play the victim so well and control the media narrative. Only an overwhelming, top-down blitz backed by moral conviction and strength of will could possibly do anything about it, but Trump obviously lacks the will to go full Pinochet. And the populace still clings to illusions of democracy and Heritage America's desiccated corpse, so a right-wing strongman seems it's not going to happen. Yet.
On the other hand, if jogger mobs decide to invade suburban neighborhoods in red states, they'll be filled with AR-15 bullets before they have a chance to exclaim they dindu nuffin. That's the point where things get really interesting. A crowd of Proud Boys or similar groups present a very public, centralized organism with a face - you're essentially volunteering to play by the enemy's rules, at the mercy of the enemy's umpires.
But when half the neighborhood is armed and shooting from behind the bushes in near anonymity, they gain a massive strategic advantage - not unlike what's allowed massive growth in the dissident right via online communities. This is how I would expect to see things play out if things get hot beyond the major city centers. What's yet to be determined is how much encroachment armed militias will tolerate before they start shooting - looting the local strip mall? Setting the school on fire? Who knows.