[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by tijlover

I was expecting huge nationwide rioting in November 2016 when the Electoral College went up against the popular vote and threw the election to Trump! Where were the rioters then?

There's more to this rioting than meets the eye! In La Mesa, outside San Diego, there were Blacks, Whites and Asians partaking in the destruction.

Lockdown, definitely, contributed to the destruction.

Maybe "the revolution" has arrived; maybe the have-nots figured out that capitalism has exploited them into dust. We'll see.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o3CJytIPE

[EA]

Originally Posted by airics

it could have been a heck of lot worse...

if your shop gets looted, are you going to call them?

For what? What are they going to do?
Put me in danger, waste my time, not recover my stuff....

[strato58]

I was expecting huge nationwide rioting in November 2016 when the Electoral College went up against the popular vote and threw the election to Trump! Where were the rioters then?

You need to learn how the country works and why we have the EC. SMH

[tijlover]

I futilely tried to explain to my Canadian Snowbird neighbors what the Electoral College was all about and they had nothing but puzzled looks on their faces, as an Electoral College is unknown in Canada. All elections: by popular vote.

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by strato58

I was expecting huge nationwide rioting in November 2016 when the Electoral College went up against the popular vote and threw the election to Trump! Where were the rioters then?

You need to learn how the country works and why we have the EC. SMH

The Electoral College DID NOT go up against the popular vote.

The popular vote is irrelevant. NO candidate for President focuses on the popular vote. At least, no intelligent candidate.

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Maybe "the revolution" has arrived; maybe the have-nots figured out that capitalism has exploited them into dust...

Capitalism is responsible for raising more human beings out of abject, bone-crushing poverty than any other invention of Mankind. It is a powerful force for good - using market forces to provide incentive to reallocate capital from failing and sub-optimal uses towards higher value-add uses is key both to economic freedom and political freedom.

[tijlover]

^^

And now it's all going backwards to zero or below zero. At least that's what I've picked up from reading The Economist magazine every week.

[EA]

Originally Posted by RationalExpectations

Capitalism is responsible for raising more human beings out of abject, bone-crushing poverty than any other invention of Mankind. It is a powerful force for good - using market forces to provide incentive to reallocate capital from failing and sub-optimal uses towards higher value-add uses is key both to economic freedom and political freedom.

All the problems we have are a direct result of government interference in capitalism.

[Cold Warrior]

Originally Posted by tijlover

^^

And now it's all going backwards to zero or below zero. At least that's what I've picked up from reading The Economist magazine every week.

You could get a different perspective if you read a variety of news sources. Just this week there have been some interesting developments in employment and the stock market.

[RationalExpectations]

I just ran across this article:

Park MGM to Be First Entirely Non-Smoking Resort in Las Vegas