"infrastructure is a target for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other violent extremists"

[Hortensis]

Former Marine Linked to Terror Plot Against U.S. Infrastructure: Georgia native Nicholas Tindall is charged with lying about discussing terrorist plots against U.S. water and electric facilities.
January 8, 2021

... The startling revelation comes on the heels of social unrest and nationwide demonstrations from far-right activists who continue to heed the baseless claims of President Donald Trump that the results of the November election were fraudulent. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have time and again issued memos and public statements warning of the rising threat of domestic terrorists given the current political tensions in the country. ...

It is unknown if Tindall, charged in the Northern District of Georgia, is affiliated or linked to any specific organization. The Base, a neo-Nazi terror group under an intense FBI counterterrorism crackdown, had an active cell in Georgia, which prosecutors say plotted attacks against critical infrastructure in the region. Three of its members in that cell are currently facing terrorism-related charges.

“While important details about this potential domestic terrorist plot, including the accused’s ideology, are not known, infrastructure is an attractive target for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other violent extremists,” Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher who tracks U.S. based terrorism for the Counter-Extremism Project said.

According to him, critical infrastructure attacks have become a popular topic online among the far right.

“A member of The Base encouraged the poisoning of water supplies, and the group’s propaganda encouraged attacks on the electrical grid. In December, the FBI arrested white supremacists allegedly plotting attacks on power stations. Hypothetical attacks on utilities are praised in neo-Nazi online communities for their potential simplicity, low cost, and destabilizing effect.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epd5qw/former-marine-linked-to-terror-plot-against-us-infrastructure

The pandemic's destabilizing effect is also being exploited by "accelerationist" groups who want to precipitate the collapse of existing systems. Accelerationist is a Marxist doctrine that capitalism will self destruct but could be hurried along, but it's now also been adopted by far right extremists seeking societal chaos and eventually the collapse of government. Also by foreign actors such as Russia, Jran and China.

Btw, resistance means resilience: be able to take care of your own if power and water go down and stay down.

[BadgerKid]

1. Makes the Nashville bombing look like a test run

to disrupt communications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nashville_bombing

[ananda]

4. Yes

That would explain Nashville.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Republicans need to decide which side they are on.

[Hortensis]

3. I think most have, one way or the other. Not standing against is support.

And it's not just Pubs. Not voting, ineffectual protest voting and otherwise disengaging are always decisions to accede or surrender to whichever group prevails.