Firstly and most obviously: the clothes are uniform.
No two people in a black bloc will be wearing the same getup, besides black and a mask. Some wear hoodies, some snoods, some baseball caps. Some wear trainers, some walking boots and some Docs. I often wear hoodies and army boots because it's what I'm comfortable in.
You will frequently see people turn up to black bloc wearing battle jackets, or band hoodies, despite these being a bad idea because they identify you.
These fash are all wearing exactly the same clothes. Exactly. This is a uniform and it means someone bought it for them (edit: or they have a supplier they all buy from, and enough discipline to ensure they all obey.) Either way this means there's organisation and money behind it, and while these fash might be the very visible front line, they're also just part of a larger machine.
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