Riots in Britain: Anarchy in the UK | The Economist

This week's Economist Magazine editorial provides a thorough look at the possible 'whys' while comparing similar historical events. It's worth the read. (Link below.)

"This week’s multiplying riots had some common features—looting, arson, attacks on the police—but they spanned different places, races, ages and sexes. Race was not the defining issue, as it was in many of the disturbances of the 1980s. One of the first to appear in court for looting was a 31-year-old teaching assistant: hardly an identikit hooligan. That left politicians free to project their own rationales on the carnage."

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