" a popular movement of violent fanatics with just a little discrete encouragement from the right people inside the government -- a speech here, a blind eye tow

" a popular movement of violent fanatics with just a little discrete encouragement from the right people inside the government -- a speech here, a blind eye towards a beating there, a conveniently unlocked weapons locker yonder -- now that has some potential." You're describing the chinese cultural revolution as I understand it (admittedly the encouragement was not very discrete)...