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Jan very few people condone the actions of the mob over the last few days
To a great extent the game of apportioning blame/fault is as counter-productive as the burning out/looting of businesses that might have offered a chance, albeit a small one, of employment.
We are where we are, the causes are many and in most instances manifest and sadly are also an inherent part of the system of economics and politics we have opted for over the last 300 odd years in the Western world. In many ways it should not surprise any of us that those too often described as the "underclass" and often in much more pejorative terms feel they have nothing to loose in sticking it to the authorities etc. Mostly this was not organised in any real sense of the word it was the mob reacting on an almost guttural level. Of course there were elements who saw this as a way to make some money, there were many more who saw it as a way of redressing a perceived imbalance. Sadly for the latter it will get worse not better, the government and police will over react in the way they always do, they former will remove more of the few rights and freedoms left to us in the name of security and safety, the later will clamp down and as a result fuel more resentment etc. All the while the middle classes etc. will applaud the firm approach without thinking where the end game might be.
We actually need a new paradigm, a new politics, a new economics - something much more inclusive, where societal contribution is adequately rewarded, where all are considered to have value and worth etc etc
