For the Maoist inspired revolutionary currents that influenced much of the New Left, social conflict was not a regrettable condition to be overcome. It was a political resource to be exploited. The outcome is the intention.

Dissecting emotional collapsology. Faced with contrary evidence, the response is not reconsideration but defensiveness: manoeuvring, bile, denunciation and the familiar attempts to exclude or silence those who refuse to conform.

Blowing things up is the easy part. Turning force into a political outcome is harder.