Monday 19 April 2021

How anarchists captured Portland

Bret Weinstein, a fair and knowledgable observer of the insanity in the Academy. And now in American cities. 
When Heather and I moved to the city three years ago, after being spectacularly driven from our jobs at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, there was little to suggest that municipal embrace of anarchy was on the horizon. We considered moving to more than a dozen cities across the US, Canada and Europe — but in the end Portland won. With the city’s proximity to nature and world-class food culture, it seemed to provide the perfect balance. And then suddenly last summer, with the confluence of the George Floyd protests and the Presidential election, Portland came unmoored. Read on....

And on their podcast they talk of the vandalism of Portland. Going on as I write. Bret and Heather forecast this craziness back in 2016. They know whereof they speak. A society ripping itself apart. Which makes the taming of the craziness on our streets here in Hong Kong in 2019 seem very logical. And give the China narrative more power.