This makes a lot of sense. When a wild animal is cornered, it will do everything it can to fight and escape. Being stuck in Beverly Hills, in the most populous state and one of the blue-est states in the nation, surrounded by a wave of cultural change, it is no surprise at all that these people lashed out. The real question is why didn't we see it coming? > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:58:30 -0800 (PST) > > The white Americans who showed up at the Capitol did not appear to > represent big business or the country’s financial elite, Wills, the > political philosopher, said. Instead, they appeared to largely > represent people who felt squeezed by bigger companies, resentful > towards the government, which had provided a small business pandemic > relief program that failed to help many small businesses, and also > resentful towards “working-class demands that they see as hostile to > their interests as small business owners”. > On Thu, 25 Feb 2021, Noelle wrote: > > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/25/beverly-hills-arrests-us-capitol-attack?utm_term=e98685426577cf077f06df82eeadeb99&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email