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Originally Posted by Dude111
I believe stuff is starting to fall apart Maggy and i fear this is just the beggining.. (I sense it will be WORSE than the riots you guys had)
Thankfully your riots were contained fairly soon after they started....
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People are starting to wake up to the fact capitalism isnt best for everyone when its not regulated enough.
The question is which do you (and everyone else) see as the problem.
1 - The protests/riots themselves, so once they stopped problem solved.
2 - Or the reason they happening ie. unfair wealth distribution, corporate influence on politics etc.
Example been osborne in this country thinking only about businsses when he is removing workers rights, and labour bailing out the banks. Also the slow and steady privatisation of the NHS and welfare system.
In america as I understand it they got similiar issues with the bank bailouts, except there's was worse as I believe the government over there cannot even ask the banks how the money has been spent, there was a clause that made them allowed to keep that info secret. Also in america they have people from the major banks working as part of their cabinet so have extreme influence.
The history of US presidents assassinated, every single one of them opposed a central reserve bank ran by the private sector, (currently the fed reserve), mysteriously when a president has plans to change the system they get killed.
The only way something like this will change in countries like britian and the US is if enough people take on arms and win a civil war against the army, probably realistically would require the army to either defect or not agree to fight as they would squash any rebellion. Or if another country invaded and won to change the regime.
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Originally Posted by Sirius
My views on protests are based on the protests we have seen over the last 12 months. The majority of them have turned violent. The right to protest i agree with fully, The right to disrupt people lives and property i don't agree with and that seems to be the way protest in this country now progress. They start with good intentions then the same groups turn up and make normal peoples lives a misery whilst there property is smashed or looted. I see these protest progressing in to trouble just the same as those over the last 12 months.
Citizens rights should not disappear but lets face it the protesters know how to manipulate there rights to ensure that they are not the ones in the press when they make everything go pear shaped.
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I agree there is a boundary that when crossed its going too far.
I should also point out tho there is peaceful protests that the news agencies refuse to cover. It seems they only interested in ones that have violence or cover an agenda that fits the news bias.
The recent riots here certianly got news coverage and made some people think.