They are all Democrats on the same violent team.
In discussions lately, the analogy of the fall of the Roman Empire frequently is compared to the current decline of the rule of law within the United States and its social culture. It would be better to focus on the decline of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the National Socialist Worker’s Party to see parallels with the undermining of civil authority and civilization itself.
The comparison of the Antifa “blackshirts” with the brown shirted “Sturm Abteilung”, gangs of thugs used by the Nazis to create chaos, would be apt for sure. The only real difference would be the color of their garments.
We also remember that after years of extortion, intimidation, riots, murder, and economic sabotage, the Nazis successfully overthrew the weak and corrupt Weimar government... democratically, with the election of Adolf Hitler in 1933. He was a minority candidate, who won the election with a plurality.
Once the pretense of democracy was dispensed with, true totalitarian takeover completed the decent of Germany into tyranny, but only after the arrest and liquidation of Ernst Rohm and the SA cadre leadership.
Perhaps the leaders of Antifa have something to look forward to, if they are prescient enough, as there will come a time when their existence will no longer be convenient or needed by their leftist elite overlords.
This is worth a bump to the top.