The street parties/ riots I watch happening world wide, look like European soccer matches, the ones in the 80s. Where each game was a huge, violent “party”. The people who went to the International matches just for “fun”, not for the enjoyment of the game, were called “Hooligans”.
At those “events” folks wore their scarves and caps, their uniforms, identifying them as supporters of a their team. They’d prepare and plan for a violent encounter with their rivals. In 1985 we saw… “Thirty-nine spectators—mostly Italians and Juventus fans—were killed in the subsequent crush, while 600 more were injured.” It was a clash between the visiting Liverpool and the Juventus teams. A deadly clash.
It wasn’t about politics. It wasn’t about money, wealth, oil, rare earth, or religion.
It was about hooliganism.
It wasn’t about my soccer team vs your soccer team, or a bad Referee call, or anything pertaining to the sport.
It was about tribalism.
Participants would prepare to travel, to be violent, to cause trouble, to be vandals, to fight their tribal rivals. Who also prepared the same.
Today I am seeing a range of flavours, a range of different violent groups who do the same.
From ANTIFA, to BLM, to Free Palestine, to Anti-Trump, to Anti-ICE, to…
You get the picture.
It sure ain’t pretty.
Tribalism is ugly.
The Native Iowan 
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