American Ochlocracy: Black Lives Matter & Mob Rule

American Ochlocracy examines the threat to democracy in the United States. The threat originates from Marxist ideology called Critical Theory which was adopted by the New Left-wing of the Democratic Party and its political ally, Black Lives Matter. The book traces Critical Theory from the founding of the Institute for Social Research an adjunct of the University of Frankfurt in 1923 and then in exile at Columbia University in New York City from 1935-1949 before returning the Germany in 1949. A handful of brilliant Critical Theory Scholars published revolutionary Marxist books and articles that profoundly influenced the New Left movement of the United States and Western Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. The most influential Critical Theorists are Herbert Marcuse and Theodor Adorno. They are the intellectual founders of the revolutionary student movement in the 1960s and 1970s and the latest BLM movement of the 2020s. The Left-wing of the Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter have adopted the Critical Theory doctrine. The American Communist ideologue, Angela Davis, was a student of Herbert Marcuse in the 1960s and 1970s and she is an advisor to the principal founder of BLM, Patrisse Cullors. Critical Theory includes Cancel Culture which demands the dismantling of all American societal institutions such as the US Constitution, history of the founding fathers, media, schools, criminal justice, the military, and arts and culture. It also demands the overthrow of capitalism and adoption of socialism. Wall Street and Silicon Valley billionaires have financed the Left-wing and BLM despite their condemnation of the American capitalist economy. In May 2020, after the death of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, Black Lives Matter mobilized millions of protestors in Democratic cities throughout the country. Many of the protests degenerated into deadly riots that led to deaths, looting, arson and destruction of thousands of buildings and business districts. Instead of controlling rioters, Left-wing governors, mayors and city council members ordered the police to stand down and allow the wanton destruction to continue for months. They also supported BLM's extreme, Marxist agenda. It includes defunding police departments, the military, criminal justice system, shutting down prisons, erasing criminal records, releasing rioters without bail or a hearing and giving reparations and guaranteed minimum income to blacks. BLM leaders have used their power of mob rule in major American cities to implement their Marxist agenda. This constitutes a grave threat to the American Republic and has the potential to degrade the country into an Ochlocracy, or government by mob rule.