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This is part one.
Be sure to read part two, also linked at the end of part one.
This was written in the context of the British riots of August 2011, but it's generally applicable to many situations of social rupture.
blackbootz · 4132 days ago · link ·
I found myself re-reading paragraphs because his British English syntax was somewhat difficult to follow. But he's right that, while personal and individuated injuries of looting are terrible and unfortunate, looting itself is a natural byproduct of the current political and economic system.