The Left has altered, or is trying to alter much of the landscape of American culture. Imbued with the unshakable certitude that they’re always right, the Woke imbeciles are certain that they’re changing America for the better. As usual, they’re wrong again. The latest predation of the Left is its mindless, and ruinous alteration of the American Dream. The American Dream used to be the notion that, if one worked hard, one would be able to share in the copious bounty of America. One could work where one chose, live where one chose, and enjoy the better things in life, including a staggering variety of luxury products, all available, for the right price. However, in its zeal to bestow the blessings of luxury on even the least of society, the Left has overlooked two critical elements, the work and the price. This troubles the Left not a bit. Its effect on society, however, is troubling. This week, in the Golden State, sunny California, Woke idiocy has spawned a spate of looting, theft, and violence. Mobs of marauders, armed with guns, crowbars, hammers, and other useful implements, have swarmed into luxury boutiques and stores, as well as into not so luxurious retail outlets, terrorized employees with punches kicks and pepper spray, have smashed displays and cases, and looted the stores to the bare walls. All this mayhem is the direct result of California’s 2014 Proposition 47, that made thefts of up to $950 a misdemeanor, and the decisions of Woke so-called Prosecutors that misdemeanor thefts will not be prosecuted. Human nature being what human nature is, it naturally followed that people who know they can steal without running the risk of being arrested and prosecuted will be motivated to steal anything they can get their hands on. This idiotic policy has resulted in the closing of dozens of drug stores in the San Francisco area; stores which have been emptied by bands of thieves. The lure of a no-risk opportunity for what used to be called a five finger discount, may please some of the downtrodden masses suffering from the evils of systemic racism and white supremacy, but it has adversely affected the poor unfortunates, most of whom reside in the same communities as the bargain hunters, and now are unable to obtain needed prescriptions from a local pharmacy. No matter. Come the Marxist revolution, I guess you have to take the good with the bad. Nordstroms seems to be a favorite target of the discounters. Last Saturday, 80 people wearing ski masks stormed a Nordstroms in Walnut Creek, stealing armfuls of merchandise. The raid took only one minute. Looters parked their cars to block the street before carrying out the smash-and-grab. In San Francisco proper, perhaps spurred on by Biden Administration advice to do your Christmas shopping early, looters emptied a Louis Vuitton on Union Square, a Burberry’s, a Bloomingdales, and 7 other retailers. Don’t worry though, Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, another Woke imbecile, has a plan to thwart the thefts. She announced that the city will limit car access to the Union Square shopping district. “We’re going to be making some changes to Union Square and how cars are able to access. There will be limited access in terms of when you come to this area.” Now, the looters will be limited to just what they can carry. Brilliant! The looters get parking tickets, the City makes revenue, and the thefts still go unpunished. Problem solved. In Los Angeles, a flash mob conducted smash-and-grab robberies at The Grove shopping center, and at another Nordstroms. In Hayward, California, employees at Sam’s Jewelers store at the Southland Mall were sent screaming into the street Sunday evening, by a gang of 40 to 50 “teens,” dare I say “youts,” who entered the mall wielding hammers to smash display cases. In Oakland, mobs of thieves hit a handful of pharmacies and marijuana dispensaries, including the Wellspring pharmacy. Oakland Police say the mobs fired 175 shots during the mostly peaceful rampage, forcing officers to pull back to safe locations. When shopping gets so dangerous that the police can’t or won’t get near the stores, I’d say you’ve got a problem. Based upon video of the above described attacks posted on the internet, none of the looters were White supremacists. This fact has prompted numb-nuts Media types, who although unconcerned by these brazen robberies, have offered the wisdom of equally numb-nuts “experts,” who counsel that the people involved in the robberies must not be called “looters.” The ABC affiliate in San Francisco reported that “According to the California Penal Code, what we saw was not looting. The penal code defines looting as ‘theft or burglary … during a ‘state of emergency,’ ‘local emergency,’ or ‘evacuation order’ resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot or other natural or man-made disaster.'” Hence, no earthquake, no looting. No doubt reacting to the multiple, and nearly identical videos, the station offered two “experts” who warned that “Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something. We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing.” The “experts” did not specify who these “other people” might be, nor has any video of these other people come to light. Once again, systemic racism raises its ugly head. No doubt the White devils made them do it. I propose an alternative explanation. I suspect that Jeff Bezos is behind the attacks. He owns Amazon. He’s busy trying to conquer all retail markets in the country. Brick and mortar retail stores represent competition for Amazon. If he can put the stores out of business, he can sell everything. It’s a win-win. Bezos gets richer, and thieves from under-served communities can become online “sellers,” thus turning yesterday’s smash-and-grab robber into an entrepreneur. Is America a great country or what? And that’s not all. When we grow tired of getting robbed and beaten here on Earth, Bezos will sell us a seat on one of his rockets, and shoot us out into space. If all goes well, in no time there could be rocket ship holdups and smash-and grab robberies on the Moon. No doubt the misguided Progressives will call that progress. God help us.
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