To find this very depressing

[jungledoc]

Read this article today

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/u-k-s-wealth-gap-and-housing-costs-risk-civil-unrest-bnp-says

"Britain is the second most unsustainable of 36 major economies, with tensions from high housing and childcare costs coupled with wealth inequalities undermining social mobility and threatening to provoke civil unrest."

Obviously it's just one organisations measure but to come almost bottom!

Would there really be civil unrest though? I did think furlough was also used to maintain civil order, people understandably wouldn't sit at home happy being unable to earn.

@CallMeDaddy58

Civil unrest doesn’t necessarily mean riots. The article specifically mentions protests which I could absolutely see happening.

Legitimate protests are not civil unrest.

Riots are usually destruction of one’s own community resources by those least able to financially recover from this destruction. Not something to welcomed.

When you cannot buy a house after working hard at school, going to uni, getting into lots of debt doing so and getting a decent job of importance to society (teacher, nurse, social worker) the country will cease to function.

And buying a house matters as there is no long-term security in private rental. You can’t have a child and guarantee you can live in catchment if renting. If you find the colour of your walls offensive you can’t do anything about it. These things matter to people. These things are valuable to them.

If you can’t afford childcare then you can’t have kids, and if you value family but can’t afford one, you are going to get angry.

There is civil unrest already - by eco activists for a start

There another thread talking about food shortages/higher prices. That's going to have a big impact