London riots
I wonder how many in the media are this impossibly naive about the simple mechanics of a riot.
The people who are rioting are not always (or even sometimes) the people who are distressed by the economic situation. But that dosen't mean that the riots aren't caused by the economic condition. Anytime you oppress a group of people, you invite the criminal element to oppress them as well.
That means the distressed areas attract rioters. Good God, in jr. high we covered the Watts Riots. All the kids were like "How stupid were the rioters to burn down their own businesses."
Uhh... They weren't effing burning down their own businesses. The ones who were being hurt by the politics and demonstrating against it were often not the ones who were burning down stuff. The ones who were burning down stuff were attracted to the places because the civil unrest gave them an opportunity to burn down stuff. They didn't care about the politics .
The economic conditions DID cause the riots (just not the rioters).
The people who are rioting are not always (or even sometimes) the people who are distressed by the economic situation. But that dosen't mean that the riots aren't caused by the economic condition. Anytime you oppress a group of people, you invite the criminal element to oppress them as well.
That means the distressed areas attract rioters. Good God, in jr. high we covered the Watts Riots. All the kids were like "How stupid were the rioters to burn down their own businesses."
Uhh... They weren't effing burning down their own businesses. The ones who were being hurt by the politics and demonstrating against it were often not the ones who were burning down stuff. The ones who were burning down stuff were attracted to the places because the civil unrest gave them an opportunity to burn down stuff. They didn't care about the politics .
The economic conditions DID cause the riots (just not the rioters).