When people of any country have no access to jobs, education and hope

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

for a better future, they become embittered and turn to crime. This happens here in the US and it happens in Europe and anywhere else you want to name. We are also building a hopeless and frustrated underclass in this country and no one should be surprised when we have another wave of violence like this ourselves. We can spend all the money in the world on war and tax cuts for the wealthy, but we won't build affordable housing, we won't fund a decent education and we consider healthcare a privilege and not a basic human right. We have created a deplorable society. We are not the neo-cons, we are the neo-Victorians

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Explanation- I thought I was posting a reply to post about Paris riots.

I have no idea why this showed up separately.

[ulysses]

3. I'm glad it did.

Your post stands well on its own. Thanks for this.

[EC]

2. Well, it's the right answer

some friends and I were discussing this just tonight in relation to the riots in France and SA.

[Telly Savalas]

4. That hopeless and frustrated underclass was built decades ago.

In the last 5 years its numbers may have grown, but it not like its anything new.