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Showing posts with label broken britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broken britain. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Anatomy of a riot – the good, the bad and the ugly

Causes

Consequences -Good

-Bad

-Ugly

Kids doing it for themselves


Return to Tory Britain – politicians far removed from people they purport to represent


Public sector cuts


Generations of worklessness


Rioting and looting becomes an everyday pastime










Smiles on faces – having a bit of fun


Young people have Nothing to do


Greed and hypocrisy of so-called ‘leaders’


Young people have nothing to aspire to


Mindless violence










Getting stuff for free


Classism is alive and kicking but is ignored




Marginalised communities


Fear and division










Potential to bring communities together


Gap between haves and have nots




No money for stuff


Indiscriminate targeting










Voices being heard – not being ignored


Lack of personal aspirations – nothing to lose




Dependency culture/crowd control


Demonization of a generation










No longer being anonymous




Broken Britain (nice one Dave!)




No underlying political rationale












Troops on the streets (if there’s any spare)


Excuse for extreme force


Increase in police powers – use of water cannon; rubber bullets - what else?


Curfews – imposed or voluntary