Terry Newman: Montreal shooter was a revolutionary communist

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And, of course, if you blame capitalism, you likely see communism as a cure for all your woes. Hatfield bemoans the fact that after the world wars, “the international communist movement was still not as powerful as the western capitalist world,” which meant that the West was “absolutely free to restructure western society to their own wishes, namely towards the goal of increasing their profit and power.”

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In contrast, he puts communism on a pedestal — saying, “In regard to the communist world it is the case that little or none of the rampant degeneration of the west occurred there; and monogamy, along with traditional cultural customs, were maintained rather consistently” — and decries the fact that there are “but five communist countries left on earth.”

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You may not be surprised to hear that someone who loves communism is also anti-Zionist. I wasn’t, as the two go hand-in-hand these days. In his footnotes, Hatfield writes: “There was amongst the western bourgeois class many Jews, who in their newly acquired power immediately set about creating the State of Israel, which became essentially a kind of base from which they were to assist in the expansion of capitalist hegemony in conjunction with American and British corporations.”

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He then says that, “The influence of Zionist Jews upon the western bourgeoisie is in fact so strong that in my other works I sometimes refer to the western ruling class itself as the Judaeo-bourgeois class.” Then, as if an afterthought, he adds that it’s important to note that not all Jews are “globalist/imperialist” or “elite Zionists.”

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The most shocking part of the document is when Hatfield muses over who is “most worthy of being liquidated,” after already deciding that terror is both “effective” and “moral.” He then moves on to his targets. Hatfield doesn’t advocate for people to run over women with a truck or anything like that. In fact, the only mention of women as targets isn’t even specific (he lists “prominent individuals who are pornographic actors or actresses”).

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Surprisingly, Hatfield writes, “Women, though their behaviour can be very hurtful, are generally not at fault for things, nor are most of their male partners.” Instead, he insists, “It is the highly powerful and influential people — favoured males or otherwise — along with their most loyal, vile and crucial accomplices who are at fault for everything.”

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He then lists two classes of targets. Class A includes individuals like powerful CEOs, billionaires and elite bankers. Chillingly, it also includes places where they should be attacked, like conferences and corporate headquarters, echoing the alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione, who some on the left consider a hero.

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Class B includes individuals like drug dealers, pedophiles and creators of depraved content, like porn. Hatfield had set himself up, perhaps purposely, across from PornHub’s headquarters in Montreal.

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After listing these types of individuals and detailing how best to attack them, he bemoans the fact that, due to police capabilities, revolutionary acts committed by those like himself will ultimately result in death.

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Hatfield then writes about “permanent revolution” and the “preservation of the future order.” Again, he draws on Marx for his future vision of a world without hypergamy: the abolition of private property without compensation, the centralization of credit in a state bank, a planned economy and full state control over transportation and communications.

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Disturbingly, he ends by encouraging readers to use blades, bombs, guns or all of the above to attack the people and places on his list, advising them to: “Be unflinching, go forth, and KILL THEM ALL!”

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Is Hatfield an incel? In some respects, yes. But his violent, ideological bent is unarguably communist.

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