It's a little bit more nuanced than that. It's easy to argue that 'democracy is the answer' when you are comfortable and enfranchised. But flip that around – p

It's a little bit more nuanced than that. It's easy to argue that 'democracy is the answer' when you are comfortable and enfranchised. But flip that around – put yourself in the place of someone who is poor, continually subject to discrimination, and does not have the same influence on democracy. The natural response of people in that situation is to say "fuck it". From their view, what's the point of engaging with a system that is comprehensively biased against them? Now, I won't defend property destruction and looting. But I do understand how it can happen. If you feel completely alienated from society, then the advice to 'solve problem peacefully using democracy' is less than useless.