> The clear intent from the author here is to make the reader feel like they too should have gone looting. IDK, I would say that the intent of this kind of wri

> The clear intent from the author here is to make the reader feel like they too should have gone looting. IDK, I would say that the intent of this kind of writing it so make the reader feel a kind of "righteous anger" response; you know the visceral kind that damps down on slow rational analysis of the argument presented. Propagandising.