I think they're more like useful idiots. They eagerly do the rising tyrants' bidding, believing that one day they'll rule with them. But when the dirty work is done and the tyrants seize control out of the chaos, their services will no longer be needed - and they'll be slaughtered like Hitler's SA Brownshirts before them. They'd be wise to study history.
Rep. Scott Weiner wants this because he has been rear ended too many times
The two are not mutually exclusive ... but you make a good point. It wasn’t just the Nazis and the SA Brown Shirts. Trotsky got ice-picked for a reason ...