Woke Right, broke Right — learning from the self-destruction of the Left

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It goes without saying that the Left is a uniquely dangerous force — unstable and revolutionary. Leftists flaunted their joy over Charlie Kirk’s murder, posting videos of themselves singing and dancing on social media. So many participated that legacy media called the backlash a revival of “cancel culture” — a phenomenon that, by definition, requires a critical mass of “victims.”