Mark Small

Chaos today has been fostered by those on the right who unwittingly (they have few wits), quiver in fear at the “anarchy” and violence of the “deep state” or the “antifa.” One hell of a lot more people have been killed by the right wing, than by the left, since June. 10/15

Historically violence has been used this way. trump loves the taars. C.B. Zubatov, a tsarist police director is quoted: “We shall provoke you to acts of terror and then crush you.” Marx, Gary T., MIT, “The Agent Provocateur and the Informant,” Amer.J.Soc., 1974. 11/15

Much violence of late ‘60s was carried out by people working w/govt who sought to discredit the anti-war movement. “Prince Crazy” was an FBI informant and enjoyed creating that favorite ingredient of the far right - chaos - into otherwise peaceful protests. 12/15

The castaways got along fine on Gilligan’s Island. Most “utopian” beliefs have an anarchistic end to their philosophical rainbow. Christianity, in its final days, also has a world without formal government. 13/15

In the meantime we have to deal with dictators, such as Putin, who seek to make people fear the chaos the dictators themselves create - as an excuse to further dictatorial rule. We have to vote down autocrats and would-be dictators. 14/15

Putin is not all bad, he is also far more complex than you think.

I agree he's far more complex than many think. I did not mean to imply otherwise. On that first part, that he's not all bad - he's done some pretty bad things.

His approvals among Russians were once off the hook high....they now plummeting. I think he will be voted out in not too long.