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I don't pay attention to strikes in other countries but often in the US it seems that many of the riots here seem to just be excuses to loot businesses. Is this
by johng 10mo ago
I don't pay attention to strikes in other countries but often in the US it seems that many of the riots here seem to just be excuses to loot businesses. Is this common in other countries as well, or something unique to the US?
- PaulHoule 10mo agoI'd say that's an unfair characterization. It is true that some of the people in riots loot businesses opportunistically but it a few percent and is not the "match" or the "fuse". People's increasingly ahistoric thinking though leads to all sorts of not-so-mysterious mysteries such as the researcher who might struggle to wonder why a certain neighborhood is a "food desert" who, if they dug a little deeper, would find that 30 years ago there was a supermarket and numerous smaller stores that were burned down by the residents -- and that scars like that don't heal!