We are in the midst of an insurrection, and we know the solution. Do we have the will to implement it?

 Matt Rowe has an article at the  American Thinker entitled Is The United States In The Midst Of An Insurgency? Rowe a U.S. Special Forces veteran claims we are indeed. And he has the proof.

The violence and rioting in the US result from far more than just dissatisfaction with the police. Extreme ideological social justice movements today are more likely to carry firearms than items for a food pantry. We currently face nothing less than the early stages of a socialist insurgency.

Insurgency is an organized rebellion to overthrow a constituted government by undermining its legitimacy through protest and disinformation, and ultimately through armed conflict. This may sound dramatic, but consider the steps already completed by BLM/ANTIFA in the Insurgency Pyramid used by the US Army Special Forces community to characterize an insurrection (Figure 1).

Figure 1 turns out to be the U. S. Army's progression along the road to a rebellion. Judging by the pyramid, BLM is well on the way to completing a Communist/Socialist revolution, complete with "useful idiots" and ""capitalists who are selling then the rope to hang us with". In fact, it is amazing to see the companies that have already given to BLM. I wonder what the CEOs of the corporations are thinking. They have profited mightily from our capitalist system, yet they are funding its destruction. One suspect they are hoping to be eaten last. But according to former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo the capitalists will be the first to be put up against the wall and shot when the revolution comes.  It is an old meme, one I have been hearing from wannabe revolutionaries since forever.  They truly hate us.

Having foreign countries legitimize and support the insurgency is also critical. BLM protests erupted worldwide after George Floyd was killed, and Antifa has fraternal organizations across Europe. It’s still unclear what America’s die-hard international enemies are doing to support BLM and Antifa. Still, if they aren’t acting yet, they are most certainly looking for their opportunities.

There is actually some intel that seems to indicate that China maybe "helping" the insurection in subtle ways. If true, it is no different than what the CIA does fomenting what are called color revolutions in other countries. We shouldn't be surprised the same thing is happening here.

Of course, Rowe has a solution to defeat the insurrection.  But this is where he becomes, in my opinion, somewhat vague:

To defeat this insurgency, we must eliminate the dissatisfaction that drives the largest groups of actors. We cannot change the political beliefs of hardcore Marxists. Still, we can help lift the millions of the poorest and least educated black (and other) Americans out of their current conditions and deteriorating culture. First, we must counter the propaganda that their plight is the result of current systemic racism. Instead, they must be led to understand that their current problems are the result of old behaviors. They require new solutions that will reintegrate them into society to give them a genuine stake and the ability to exercise legitimate influence.

Doing so will deprive the insurgency of millions of activists. It will also harness the sympathetic energies of the millions of people who understand that there is a problem but are misled into believing the insurgency can fix it. This means acknowledging that the pain our most impoverished communities experience, regardless of race, comes from long-standing cultural behaviors.

Of course I agree with his prescription, but we have known this since...well...forever. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan noted that "The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady deterioration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States."  Things have not improved in the intervening years.  We know the solution, but do we have the will to implement it.  After all, anyone  advocating for it will be called all the names in the books, and then some.

Update:  In terms of Chinese help for the insurrection, there is this from American Action News