Urban anarchy: rioting over there but it can't happen here (Pittsburgh, economy)
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The real causes are more insidious. It is no coincidence that the worst violence London has seen in many decades takes place against the backdrop of a global economy poised for freefall. The causes of recession set out by J K Galbraith in his book, The Great Crash 1929, were as follows: bad income distribution, a business sector engaged in “corporate larceny”, a weak banking structure and an import/export imbalance.
Pittsburgh has an underclass, and it is capable of lawless violent anarchy. I predict there will be fires.
I think there will come a day when many Americans will be shocked to the core when they see masses in the streets. These people will be eaten alive by the mobs.
What is happening in London won't happen in any capacity. The riots were in response to a policeman shooting a civilian unjustly. Here in the US we have the highest rate of police brutality in the western world without a single protest. When comparing the English to the American mindset you are really comparing apples to oranges
Apathy will reign supreme in these situations as it has for years.
What is happening in London won't happen in any capacity. The riots were in response to a policeman shooting a civilian unjustly. Here in the US we have the highest rate of police brutality in the western world without a single protest. When comparing the English to the American mindset you are really comparing apples to oranges
Apathy will reign supreme in these situations as it has for years.
We don't take kindly to those against the police and it is actually a good thing. Most of the time the police are just keeping order and the ones that get beat up usually deserve it. Repeat offenders.
I applaud the police and hope if something happens they just revert to Marshall Law.
What is happening in London won't happen in any capacity. The riots were in response to a policeman shooting a civilian unjustly. Here in the US we have the highest rate of police brutality in the western world without a single protest. When comparing the English to the American mindset you are really comparing apples to oranges
Apathy will reign supreme in these situations as it has for years.
Wait until there is a cut in government benefits, then see how people react to police brutality.
As I said, I think it's coming someday. I'd love nothing more than to be wrong about that, but I think it would be foolish to believe that it can't/won't happen here.
The rioting is in North London, Tottenham [go hotspurs] area , if you know anything about the demographics of that area, it is mostly recent immigrants & ones of the variety that have no desire to integrate into traditional english society (though are all for taking advantage of its benefits). - somewhat similiar to the rioting that occurred in Paris a couple of years ago.
Pittsburgh is pretty much void of such demographics - the incident goes much beyond simply cutting of benefits and being underclass.
So, no, there are 0 indications that anything of the sort has any liklihood of occurring here.
I'm wouldn't agree these riots are about undigested immigrants (as opposed to an underclass composed of Englishmen and foreigners together) for four reasons. First, I lived in the Borough of Haringey (Bounds Green, not far from Tottenham) for a period and know the area reasonably well - there are many immigrants in the area, but it's not a solidly foreign district in the way the rebellious Paris banlieu are, and most of the working class is English or people long settled in England (e.g. Cypriots who arrived in the 70s). Second, having spent some time studying the available video, I can assert that the number of white faces among the mob is about the same as the number of dark. Third, the reportage seems clear that these are not solely or even mostly "immigrant riots". Fourth, the riots have now spread widely across London, with looting in places like Ealing, Lavender Hill, Croydon and even Tower Bridge which have some immigrants but are not notably "immigrant areas".
In other words, no, this isn't about immigrants - this is an uprising of the proles.
What is happening in London won't happen in any capacity. The riots were in response to a policeman shooting a civilian unjustly. Here in the US we have the highest rate of police brutality in the western world without a single protest.
I guess you're not old enough to remember the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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