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It's rising because of the American public's complacency and ignorance.
It's the same thing that happened in 1930s Germany. An authoritarian government steps in, the people think it won't be that bad, they allow it, they support it, they put up with it, they think government checks and balances still work ..... then when its all too late, people suddenly want to act.
If Americans don't know what to do right now .... they won't have a chance to do anything later.
I fear you are correct. As much as I mention I kind of like the counter protestors as it shows how small a group it is relative to people fighting facism I also have verified to my satisfaction that in some cases they are not paid shills and they seem to be able to be blind to everything for the sake of their side winning. I mean we have masked unmarked paramilitary killing, injuring, destroying property, and invading private residences. Its crazy they can ignore that.
People don't feel like there's anything they can do, outside of the ordinary [eg voting]. There is no real intermediate step between peaceful protest and targeted violence. And people understandably don't want to target their local authorities, who may not even be complicit.
The american public has been told for the last 30 years that voting for democrats would prevent something like this
It's democratic complacency that this report is pointing to that is at fault.