For some reason, my older posts on rioting are now immensely popular. So here’s an overview:
Picture taken during the G20 protests in London in 2009
Banksy's flower riot
I’m not in the mood for serious analyses, but I do want to warn against simplistic explanations involving the words “poverty” and “multicultural”. (See also here). Those types of punditry are usually way off the mark.
A classic from the time of the Katrina Hurricane disaster in the U.S.: when you’re white and in trouble, you find food; when you’re colored, you loot it:
A more thoughtful post on prejudice and stereotypes is here (including a discussion of the interesting Allport’s scale). More on looting is here. More political humor is here.
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the looting started.
More on peace.
