The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War

So, I mostly agree with the article. But what I'm more interested in is what to do about it? If we reject rioting as a way of creating a fairer society - which I do! - then apart from taking a chance on voting for a party which may or may not honour its manifesto pledges, the only power we really have is as consumers.

I don't see it as a class war - unless you think having money = being upper class and vice versa - but there's definitely a problem between the haves and have-nots.

I'm no economist, but it seems to boil down to two main things: a hugely increased world population, plus globalisation. When resources are scarce, people fight and die to feed their families, and migrate to other places which then become overcrowded. Globalisation leads to some companies becoming so powerful that they are a direct threat to democracy. Loads of examples of that.

And the riots are already happening, all over the world. They are always sparked by some huge sense of injustice and then get taken over by people who have nothing to lose.

We need to make sure that people do have something to lose (not just their chains)!