Is vigilantism the answer?

This is interesting and relevant.

If you don't like clicking links it basically talks about how anti-fascists in Greece are starting to pick up the habit of killing fascists.

Now, things in Greece are incredibly shitty, and the fascists in question are members of Golden Dawn, essentially Neo-Nazi's and the third largest political party in the country.

I don't know that I would exactly advocate for killing dudes, but I can't exactly blame them, in fact I think I understand why they are doing it and I don't disagree. So political parties over there aren't like ours in the States, when I say third largest political party in the country, in the USA I mean Libertarians or maybe the Green Party, both of whom can be safely ignored and mocked. In other countries, including Greece, this is not the case, there the third largest party actually has some power, representing maybe seven percent of the population, and having members in government, they also have a strong unofficial presence on the street, and by that I mean they beat up and kill people.

Those two things combined mean that people who are in their victim groups, IE non-natives, people who look non-native, and folks who get in the way, have to feel pretty vulnerable, basically if they are hassled by a Golden Dawn supporting group on the street, beaten up or something, and they call the police, there is perhaps a ten percent chance that the officer that responds is actual a member of Golden Dawn themself. and I imagine that doesn't end well.

The conditions for turning to anti-fascist direct action are pretty ideal is what I am saying, and it honestly doesn't seem like the worst choice for them, the question is when will it become the best choice here? I mean black people already have to roll the dice any time they encounter law enforcement, and we elected a fascist just recently, you may have noticed. Yes he lost the popular vote, but still something over 45% of voters thought it was a good idea and I have no confidence that the half of the country(ish) that didn't vote are any nicer.

I guess at what point does the authority lose the trust of the population completely and become the enemy to the point that the actions taken in Greece seem reasonable? Is it when fascists control two arms of government? When a Nazi is openly in an official position of influence over the president as Steve Bannon is? The military and police voted in the majority for The Toddler as well, it isn't like anyone can rely on support from those quarters, and the GOP controls all the apparatus that should normally provide oversight so we can't turn there.

I read somewhere that uncovering corruption in intelligence agencies is hard, because you never know if the person you report it to is also in on it, that is the situation in Greece, and what we are in here, if there is no help from the official sources, we must rely on the unofficial, and let's be honest here, if you don't have the resources of a government, then your tools for handling those problems are somewhat limited.

It's... well, not ideal, I mean relying on what amounts to vigilante justice courtesy of well armed anti-government militias as a means of seeking justice is not precisely a tactic that leads to forgiveness and good feelings all around, nor is it precise in it's execution, pun intended.

So I guess my objections are largely practical? Sort of I guess, I mean I don't really want to kill anyone, even Nazis, but I do think the situation is coming very close to a point where it will be impossible to recover from, that those in power become so entrenched and ideologically inflexible that the tradition of compromise and power sharing that made the country sort of work will not be an option, and honestly I don't know which way things will tip. Direct action tactics might end up being the only form of input citizens have on the government at some point in the near future, and that is kind of terrifying.