I hope that is the case. We have been nickeled and dimed on our freedom and liberties for decades. The left has always let up a little but later reapplied the pressure. Now it is out in the open for the world to see. It is clearer to more people than ever. My worry is that the left realize they have gone too far and this all disappears to the common man. The left has pushed to far on too many people this time. Let's see if the world has a conscience.
I think some Democrats realize they have been had (by the Left). I'll bet Nancy and Chuckie had that thought today when they were ridiculed on Twitter for their use of kente cloth in their public kneeling. They looked like such fools trying to virtue signaling their sympathies with Africa without realizing that Africa is not one country or people.
But Democrats aside, this rioting/looting thing is well organized and not by the Democrats, BLM, or even Antifa. I don't know who is writing the checks to get the bricks delivered and rent the buses, but someone is pulling the strings in a very coordinated manner. And they are pulling them in Europe too.
As you say, this enemy has emerged from the shadows and in doing so has revealed itself. It is unlikely that it will blend back into the landscape now that we can follow it back to its source.