I don't like Antifa much too many of them seem enamoured of left wing dictators like Mao...but they are a threat to nobody.
But I am distrubed that so many people here refuse to see any stupidity on the political left.
Just to be fair, here you have a point.
If (and when) one makes the effort to derive democracy from first principles, (best if free of quote mining or reliance on earlier texts), the exercise does not logically imply economic equality by any means, quite the contrary. True, economic status can condition political access (voting), the only caution that need be remedied while still within this domain of reasoning.
On this, everyone on the left is out of bounds, at least as they formulate their points. Yes, arguments
can be made fairly in many regards for economic justice (with all the difficulties in defining
that); however,
there is no mandate for such in purely political theory if strictly argued, and such a concept needs development of and on its own first principles, and cannot lean on democratic political theory alone for support.
On that, a brief digression: both right and left are mired in outdated models, bad data, and prejudice. A more modern take on economic theory requires systems thinking, quite often a missing perspective.
For example, once the economy is seen as a system of stocks and flows, it is
immediately apparent that
no part of the system can have its stocks depleted, or all flows cease. (See credit-crunch induced collapses in aggregate demand in the Great Depression and the Great Recession, similar in most recessions to lesser degree.) Note that this perspective is not moralizing, free or left of right righteousness. Descriptive! Measurable! Manageable!
Good for policy. The rest is moaning for favorite flavor of lollipop.
