The German Nazi party and Mussolini's facists benefitted greatly from a core group of enforcers that could be used to shift the overton window while providing cover for their public facing movements. It's a good technique. Religions often do this. It's all about 'layers'. Getting things to nest properly and in resonant ways is no easy task. It's why some scriptures are good and some are awful.
This summer we saw Democrats exploiting Antifa and BLM wonderfully. It filled their coffers unbelievably well, and that, I have no doubt, enabled a lot of ground game energy & shenanigans.
Right now we may start to see the Right follow suit. Trump has publicly denounced Capital violence. Is that just a cover-your behind move? Was he just really naive about a big show of numbers without expecting any real violence (other than ANTIFA counter violence)? Who knows. I'm not much into conspiracy. But, what is certain, is that groups which have a violent fringe movement, are an adaptive solution to inter-group competition.
There's no doubt the US is now split into distinct groups. The adaptiveness of a single group is not there.
Thus, I suspect Trump will continue to push a law and order theme. But, I suspect a splinter group will form, as radical as ANTIFA or BLM but with different specific tactics (targeted assassinations?). Trump's 3rd party will disavow, but these disavowals, no matter how clear, will be interpreted as messaging requiring further force. That will give them a leg up on ANTIFA. The left doesn't disavow ANTIFA, so ANTIFA is functionally limited in how far they can push things. The next evolutionary step is the one I mentioned.
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