BLM and the Capitol rioters share the same hyperpolitical organizational form

Evidence

The latter’s effects can now be observed across the ideological spectrum. On the surface, for instance, the Black Lives Matter protests would seem to have little in common with the mob that stormed the Capitol in January 2021. Morally, they are worlds apart—one protesting racism and police brutality, the other enthralled by conspiracy theories and the myth of a stolen election. Organizationally, however, these movements exhibit a striking set of similarities: fleeting in duration, they maintain no membership rolls and struggle to impose any real discipline on their adherents. — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 227

Categorization

• XREF: The comparison of ideologically opposed hyperpolitical movements echoes the earlier treatment of protest as ‘outburst’ or ‘happening’ dynamics discussed in prior chapters.