Yes, Antifa Is Very Dangerous -- But Not To Fascists - by Gene Lyons

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59. The Maoists of course disagree, considering themselves the only true ideological descendants...

Of the Bolsheviks. Are you a Trotskyite? If so, better hope the Maoists don't seize power, otherwise you'll likely be shot against the same wall as the fascists and other non-conforming leftists. As I recall, the Bolsheviks themselves weren't very kind to non-conforming leftisits as well, such as the SRs and the like. As for these armed communists you speak of, what faction do they belong to? Are they Maoists, Trotskyites, CPUSA revisionists, Stalinists? How long until the contradictions lead to turning the guns on each other? How long until the promise of worker's rule is betrayed by a party who claims to know the interests of the proletariat better then the proletariat itself, and to criticize or oppose it is a capital offense?

"We'll see if it's better" doesn't inspire much confidence. What if its not? You think Americans are yearning for a society in which people are whisked away in the dead of night to a labor camp for daring to criticize the dear leader/great helmsman/comrade what's-his-face? That, it seems, is usually what it degenerates into.