‘Anarchy U’ Shows America’s Decline in Real Time

It’s one thing to read headlines about the pro-Palestinian protests raging across campuses nationwide.

It’s another to watch a reporter attempt to share what’s happening on the ground. Cam Higby of Today Is America fame did just that, exploring the chaos engulfing three California campuses.

The result is “Anarchy U,” a sickening film that could be the most depressing watch this year. The Daily Caller documentary clocks in at just under 40 minutes, but you’ll wish it were shorter.

Seeing brainwashed students march for a dubious cause is a dispiriting, but necessary affair.

Higby is unabashedly conservative and raw, exploring what it means to be a new media journalist. So he isn’t as polished as necessary, and his youth shows.

He’s also doing the work corporate media should be doing, risking his health in the process. 

Higby’s reportage reveals a movement brimming with hate, intolerance and values anathema to western culture. The protesters spew homophobic slurs, taunt police officers, castigate Jews and flout the law at every turn.

They hide behind COVID-era masks and refuse to let select media outlets share their story. And they get away with just about everything.

Two tiers of justice. It’s the new, unsettling normal.

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‘ANARCHY U’ drops this Friday, 06/28. Learn more here: https://t.co/vtOeuupOoJ

Hosted by @camhigby of @TodayisAmerica pic.twitter.com/rQ4Ejz26ba

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 26, 2024

Assembled in mere weeks after multiple May protests, “Anarchy U” plays out less like a formal documentary and more as an extended vlog entry.

That doesn’t diminish its power.

We watch as Higby learns how to innovate on the fly. He dons a keffiyeh at one point to trick protesters into admitting him into a “protected” space. He bargains with defiant protesters to ask just a question or two, often with poor results.

He’s pushed, insulted and physically manhandled for the crime of walking in public spaces.

His camera catches more than enough. This movement, whatever noble purpose it may have at the molecular level, is rotten to the core.

It’s hard to know what’s more depressing:

• The robotic students who can’t answer simple questions about their movement?
• The police ordered to stand by while chaos reigns supreme?
• The universities who let their campuses be overrun without lifting a finger to protect their property, let alone their students?
• Jewish students prevented from attending class due to their religious faith?

It’s stunning how far American culture has fallen in such a short time. The media collectively shrugs at the hate and intolerance allowed to fester at the university level.

So does the current Commander in Chief.

It’s surreal watching Biden posture and rant about anti-semitism in Charlottesville when there have been literally thousands of Charlottesvilles on his watch, carried out by leftists, that his DOJ and his Party’s governors and mayors refuse to prosecute

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) June 28, 2024

 

A 37-minute documentary made outside the Hollywood eco-system captures it all too well.

“Anarchy U” lets a well-spoken Israeli student sum up the insanity. He should be furious over the sorry state of affairs. He’s not. He’s mournful of what’s happening, and his wisdom suggests hope for a better academic tomorrow.

Every minute of “Anarchy U,” alas, begs to differ.

HiT or Miss: The Daily Caller uncorks another vital look at America in decline via “Anarchy U.”