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And yet, the riots and looting sprees happen not in San Francisco, but in European countries like the UK, France, and Sweden. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013
by sirkneeland 13y ago
And yet, the riots and looting sprees happen not in San Francisco, but in European countries like the UK, France, and Sweden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Stockholm_riots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Stockholm_riots
Sweden. Not exactly a bastion of savage Randian individualism.
Not to say that generous welfare states are of no value, but the available data suggest they are far from a panacea
- newnewnew 13y agoThat's an inconvenient fact for the standard liberal wisdom to explain. Here's links to information about the French riots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France and London riots/flash mobs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots
- bitwize 13y agoHere's an inconvenient fact: Headline-making civil unrest in Europe is "Tuesday" in the American inner city. The European riots are only significant because they're unusual against such comparatively low levels of background violence.
- sirkneeland 13y agoThat's a gross exaggeration. Until you show me a number of burned out hulks of cars from a "Tuesday" in a US city, it's your stereotypes against my actual examples.
- Irishsteve 13y agoI'd imagine the police having guns in America are a great deterrent for rioters
- chrisdevereux 13y agoAlthough interestingly, both the London and Stockholm riots were caused by police shootings.