Oakland and the Goals of the Weather Underground

Posted by Lorren on July 28, 2010

Lock & Chain by captainifr

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a story about how Oakland was cutting police services. My take on the story at the time was that it would be helpful to learn some skills, because the government won’t necessarily be there for you (self-defense, anyone?). I wrote this page on The Weathermen last month, but it’s been getting more hits lately, as Glenn Beck has been going over their manifesto “You Don’t Need A Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows“, so I’ve been updating the page. Perhaps there’s more to Oakland’s police cuts than just a call to self-sufficiency.

The Weathermen do not believe in private property rights like wealthy oppressors like myself do (now if you’ve read my posts about my vast financial empire you’ll know that I’m being sarcastic about the wealth part). What are some ways that they have been trying to overcome that problem? Well, perhaps that is one of the strategies behind all the eminent domain rulings in the past decade or so (while many focus on Obama, Bush and Clinton had many of the same strategies). If you don’t like private property rights, why not take private property away from someone whose family has been living some place for 50 years and give it to a shopping mall?

Glenn Beck proposed that one of the strategies of the left was to redefine crime… for example, ACORN has repossessed some homes that have been foreclosed. What do the banks (who own the properties) need with them anyway? Empty properties attract rodents and small animals, you know (seen news reports on animal invasions in foreclosed homes recently?).

What came to my mind regarding this portion of the Weather Underground report was that news article on Oakland. Oakland police won’t respond to property crimes. They won’t respond to embezzlement or even grand theft. You’re on your own, buddy. If the police won’t enforce property rights, then we’re basically in the situation that the Weather Underground wanted. Where everything belongs to the public. Far out, man.

So in a way, the Weather Underground are winning on this front. At least in Oakland. Soon also at a city near you.