Slaughter, atrocity and mass murder against the regime's 'undesirables'. That's what's next. History is my witness.
First he has to disarm and silence them. His last attempt failed. They have the tradition of resistance that Hoffer said is important for those who would stand up against totalitarianism. Even someone who stands alone against oppression is in the company of his ancestors in America.
Also, according to Hoffer there has to be some grand mythical vision of the future to motivate mass murder. What’s their grand vision, that would make them willing to do all that? 12th Imam doesn’t work for leftists, and they stopped believing in the ultimate triumph of the proletariat when the modern day proletariats in America turned against them. Their real allies now are the lumpenproletariats, for whom Marx had nothing but contempt. What messianic vision is left? There’s been a black president, black mayors, black governors, corporate executives, etc., but no paradise on earth that can be made up and believed in. It’s all just muddling through for them now.