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I'm much more interested in the motivations of the people involved.

mrtesthah 4y ago
White supremacists think they can incite a race war by accelerating social unrest. https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/04/the-growing-threat-posed-by-accelerationism-and-accelerationist-groups-worldwide/ https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/04/the-growing-threat-pose... https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-plot-attack-power-grids-united https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspi... Three Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacist Ideology Sure, we don’t know about this particular attack, but we know that white supremacist groups have already been committing such crimes and have had longstanding, well-documented and widely-publicized plans to do so.
- splistud 4y ago
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jbigelow76 4y ago
It's bonkers (and infuriating) to me that domestic terrorists launched an attack on their own home soil and it wasn't front page news everywhere the next day.
- _-david-_ 4y ago
  We don't know if they are domestic or not and we don't know the motives.
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      > But we know that most terror attacks in the U.S. since 9/11 have been domestic terror attacks, and we know that 2/3 of attacks come from far-right extremists [1]. Saying something is true does not make it true, but it does make it seem true. This is not a trivial fact.
      - mistermann 4y ago
        It is also not a popular fact.
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knowaveragejoe 4y ago
It's far-right accelerationism. There are those who think "the west has fallen" and the only thing to do now is hasten the collapse of that society so they can build a new one(where they think they'll be on top, for some reason). Google "boogaloo boys" for threads to pull on if you want to learn more.
- JasonFruit 4y ago
  The boog guys I know are not far-right, nor are they accelerationists. They're mostly socially liberal young vets who are sick of constant wars, creeping tyranny, and the hypocrisy of powerful people, and who are willing to fight back if they're pushed, but most wouldn't start anything. There might be some people like you talk about, or they might be provocateurs, but in either case, they're a small minority.

White supremacists think they can incite a race war by accelerating social unrest. https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/04/the-growing-threat-posed-by-accelerationism-and-accelerationist-groups-worldwide/ https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/04/the-growing-threat-pose... https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-plot-attack-power-grids-united https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspi... Three Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacist Ideology Sure, we don’t know about this particular attack, but we know that white supremacist groups have already been committing such crimes and have had longstanding, well-documented and widely-publicized plans to do so.

splistud 4y ago
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jbigelow76 4y ago

It's bonkers (and infuriating) to me that domestic terrorists launched an attack on their own home soil and it wasn't front page news everywhere the next day.

_-david-_ 4y ago
We don't know if they are domestic or not and we don't know the motives.
- redeux 4y ago
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  - mistermann 4y ago
    > But we know that most terror attacks in the U.S. since 9/11 have been domestic terror attacks, and we know that 2/3 of attacks come from far-right extremists [1]. Saying something is true does not make it true, but it does make it seem true. This is not a trivial fact.
    - mistermann 4y ago
      It is also not a popular fact.
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wineterror 4y ago
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knowaveragejoe 4y ago

It's far-right accelerationism. There are those who think "the west has fallen" and the only thing to do now is hasten the collapse of that society so they can build a new one(where they think they'll be on top, for some reason). Google "boogaloo boys" for threads to pull on if you want to learn more.

JasonFruit 4y ago
The boog guys I know are not far-right, nor are they accelerationists. They're mostly socially liberal young vets who are sick of constant wars, creeping tyranny, and the hypocrisy of powerful people, and who are willing to fight back if they're pushed, but most wouldn't start anything. There might be some people like you talk about, or they might be provocateurs, but in either case, they're a small minority.