They'd need leadership, training, and materials to actually accomplish anything.
I'm sure you could find a few people here who talk about ways they could hack into banks, but they aren't bank robbers. If you came up with a great plan (designed by a bank security specialist), and egged them on, then you might be able to convince a few to join you.
I just find it ironic that self proclaimed anarchists require leadership to function.
Not that I disagree, just, it's a bit funny is all.
Would you expect conservatives in 1970s britain to avoid using gas, electricity, trains, the telephone and so on, because they were publicly owned?
Do you expect socialists in modern america not to ever use commercial businesses?
If one is promoting a system radically different to the status quo, one inevitably has to compromise to some extent to make progress, unless you're planning a violent coup or something.
Great point... The FBI is taking what is basically a thought crime and pushing that person along until they commit an arrestable offense.
Like all government agencies, the FBI (and all departments within it) has to continue to prove it's usefulness in order for everyone to keep their jobs and keep getting nice government salaries and bonuses.
So, if there isn't a real terroristic threat, they'll just invent one.
The more worrying part of this article is the targeting of certain groups and certain ideologies. Even if this particular case wasn't entrapment, that the FBI is specifically targeting certain groups and egging them on to commit acts of violence, is undemocratic and just plain evil.
The gov't isn't stupid about this, they want convictions, they have their own lawyers (prosecutors). No doubt many conversations were had about avoiding entrapment and ensuring that the party in question committed a crime.
I'm not saying that there aren't abuses, but the gov't (ATF, DEA, etc) have been doing this for decades. This is nothing new.
former is protected under 1st amendment, latter is a criminal offense.