When night falls, Chinese restaurant chef A-Shun heads out in his SUV with a box of Red Bull in tow.
A-Shun patrols various south Sacramento neighborhoods from 9 p.m. until the early hours of the morning, waiting to respond to potential crimes targeting Asians. He is part of a self-organized volunteer patrol group of at least a dozen Chinese immigrants. Their ranks include waitresses and construction workers, store owners and massage therapists.
Nobody has to tell K-selected people to do this. When the threat is sufficient, it will just happen.
Where it will get interesting is if people begin to see the politicians as the threat. Let them send enough foreign Muslim rapists, Mexican gang members, and take enough money out of the community to give it to the savages, and that in-grouping urge can just as easily turn on them. And it will have nothing to do with logic, reason, morals, or any specific leader. When the conditions are right, the urges will manifest just as night follows day.
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In early 20th century China, neighborhood patrols provided neighborhood security and neighborhood mediation courts resolved disputes. I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes the norm here as the sphere of people we trust shrinks.