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The way I read it is that the New Leftists, hippies, and other assorted whackos of the 1960s are now in charge of all of the levers of power in the liberal establishment. These people are very good at protesting, seizing control, and arguing until everyone else gets tired and goes home, leaving them in command of the situation.

But they are very poor at governing. They are impatient, full of grievances, dictatorial, and unwilling to compromise. And they are extremely reluctant to relinquish power in the normal way. They stay in power by bringing in supporters exactly like themselves and expelling anyone who breaks ranks or thinks differently.

As a result, they usually can only be expelled from power after they have wrecked whatever organization they have taken charge of. Even then they have to be dragged from the wreckage kicking and screaming.

Believe me, I have lived with these sorts of people for the past forty years. I have watched them grow old and sour and set in their ways. Their fingers must be pried from the levers of power, because they will never relinquish them willingly, no matter how big a mess they have made.