[Telepathic Intruder]

"....violence against small business owners (for whatever reason), "

The Soviets called them Kulaks. Basically anyone who owned something that they didn't want to turn over to the collectivist government.

[tbw2]

When Victimhood Leads to Genocide - Prof. Jordan Peterson on Dekulakization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeYRK16PIlA