Pure hatred and revenge, among those so minded (who are those whom the Communists would mobilize).
Historically, we outshone them, we outperformed them, we shaded them. Not for the sake of doing so, but in pursuit of our own goals, out of love of knowledge and power over time and distance, for many reasons unobjectionable per se except to ideologues; but having done so, many people now hate us and want to see things another way, as if we had never existed.
The Communists are working on genocide here because the U.S. is a strong and resourceful, and therefore dangerous, enemy. Therefore, they are pursuing a Carthaginian solution as articulated by Bill Ayers 40 years ago: 25,000,000 patriots dead, the rest indoctrinated or broken.
They'll need some really strong hate to fire those crematoria.
I completely agree with you; I don’t intend to go quietly (and I’ve bred in preparation).
It is weird to see NY go back to feudalism, with their hands out to those who live in the manor, seeking assistance from their benevolent despots for electricity and fuel. NJ was back on its feet much more quickly because so many of us left NY for the very reason that we didn’t want to live on a feudal manor anymore (and people refused to do so). Our gas lines had cops all over them because we left NY for this very reason (so we could drive cars, pay low gas taxes - among the lowest in the country - etc.). Our governor (not a mayor who overturned term limits because he wanted to prolong his reign) responded accordingly...