Thanks for the great comment, Andrew. Cargo cult! That's exactly it. I'm going to give you a shoutout in my upcoming demonology theory post this Wednesday.

Exactly... people in the hood who don't have advanced degrees that mommy and daddy bought for them can't afford to spend their hours shouting into an echo chamber.

As for my own leftist friends, I hope they don't lose their massive privileges in this incarnation because they don't know how to be poor even in this relatively rich time in history (strawberries in winter -- Roman emperors could not get them, and let's not get started about chocolate). They will become miserable wretches; ahem, I mean they'll become worse miserable wretches than they are now. I've got several rich pals who are already cheapskates. If they lose enough, many of them could very well end up eating a gun.