Like Marx and Engels said in The Communist Manifesto, “In a word, you reproach us with intending to do away with your property. Precisely so; that is just what we intend.”

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Anti-fascist eco-terrorists, aligned with an officially-designated leftwing extremist organization known as Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group), recently allegedly claimed responsibility for a massive arson attack that cut power to “tens of thousands of households in Berlin.”

The report from Deborah Cole at The Guardian came out on January 4th, and according to the grid company at that time, the destruction “could deprive up to 35,000 homes and 1,900 businesses — and in many cases heat” for the next four days, until all the appropriate repairs could be made.

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Now, Germany is a nation where freezing to death is a very real possibility: in 2009, a “record-breaking cold snap” took a handful of lives, including that of a 79-year-old man in his home and a 77-year-old woman walking in her garden.

Here is a portion of Vulkangruppe’s admission, per Cole:

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In a 2,500-word pamphlet seen by the Guardian which a police spokesperson called ‘credible’, the group said it had aimed to ‘cut the juice to the ruling class’.

It condemned a ‘greed for energy’ produced by high-emission fossil fuels, calling the attack ‘action in the public interest’ and an ‘act of self-defence and international solidarity with all those who protect the earth and life’.

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But Vulkangruppe’s members weren’t just eating the rich—they were eating the poor too, and though they were certainly “sorry” that there had to be a few sacrificial lambs forced to the slaughter, it was all for the greater good!

The group said it wished to apologise to the less well-off who had been affected by the power cut….

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I’m not sure who these individuals behind Vulkangruppe are, but I have to wonder if Ebony Maw happens to be one of them. If you’ve ever seen the movie Avengers: Infinity War, you might remember the opening scene, which is chillingly wicked, and perfectly on-brand for Vulkangruppe: the viewer watches as one of Thanos’s very scary-looking right-hand creatures steps over the bloodied bodies of fallen men, some of whom are still alive. (For context, Thanos is a genocidal maniac obsessed with depopulation.) As Maw slowly walks around the room while his goons finish off the survivors, he creepily announces that the men’s deaths are not in vain, for it’s a “privilege” to be sacrificed to restore “balance” to the universe. For those of you who haven’t seen it, this is the scene I’m talking about:

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(Later in the movie there’s a flashback scene showing Thanos slaughtering a “less well-off” alien race, and once again, you hear Maw declaring the “honor” it is to die for such an altruistic cause.)

And, while Berlin burned, or more appropriately, suffered from a catastrophic blackout which plunged hospitals and elderly care facilities into darkness and freezing temperatures, the mayor fiddled (he was playing tennis). From Politico:

Berlin mayor under fire for playing tennis while city froze during blackout

While he first claimed he was home, working nonstop, he later revealed that he was actually playing tennis with his lover, to “clear [his] head” of course.

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