She's right now that the British are cutting their welfare programs poor people are going crazy.

If it was that easy to explain stuff like this would happen in other welfare states. It doesn't.

This is particular to Britain for some reason.

Perhaps the reason why welfare never seems to work as well in the USA either, something endemic to Anglican culture

How is it in your dominion, New Zealand?

That's bullcrap because it oversimplifies the problem. There are plenty of British born people who get handouts and went out and looted up and down the country and are equally involved in gang culture. It's not just handouts either, although it's a significant issue. The other factor is authority being softened. Police can't do anything for fear of losing their jobs, teachers can't discipline their pupils and too many parents want to raise "friends" rather than kids then blame the state for the problems that occur.

Asylum seekers are only a very small part of a much bigger problem.

The welfare state is a system designed with good intentions that has a lot of unintended consequences that do more harm than the the good that is provided by the system ...

With that said, I don't believe the riots in London have anything to do with the welfare state or the poor in general. Much like the Vancouver riots, the riots that are associated with every G20 meeting, and the growing wave of criminal/violent flash mobs in the United States, you have a generation who was raised with an unprecedented focus on self-esteem and have massive entitlement issues; and have no empathy for those who worked hard to build anything for themselves.

That is the stupidest article I have read in a very long time. I knew she was pretty terrible, but guess it is always good to remind myself sometimes of just how incredibly stupid some people can be. It is completely illogical and preys upon racist and nationalist politics.

I must say I'm surprised, If I were British, and someone was writing like this about my country and my people, then I'd be damn offended. I mean I'm offended, this woman who wrote this is from the same country as me haha. Well probably more embarrassed haha. Oh well I suppose.

agreed on the logic part, but definatetly not 100% accurate. our main problem is congress and the senate. people that know how to get the job done(I'd estimate about 40% of congress) but refuse to do it and prefure to play politic's.

i have a filling we could debate and acutaly come up with a solution for every counrty, but we are 2 small voices in a world full of billions who wouldn't listen but then again thats how the teaparty(brainless if you ask me and they haven't made any changes either) got heard starting with one idea while the coffee party is absent from the scene.

I dont know why there wasting there time looting, this is a perfect oppertunaty to kill some Muslims and get away with it. Help clean the county by eliminating the problem dont make it worse by looting, unless you looting mosque's then its ok by me.

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While we do (of course) have some scummy youths it's hard to imagine a large enough number of them doing this. If it were to happen the only place it would occur would be in the poorer suburbs of Auckland. You might be somewhat right about Anglican culture though, I remember both Australia and Canada rioting reasonably recently.

The Paris riots in 2005 were very similar, the LA riots in the 90s, the Vancouver riots due to the loss to Boston in the Stanley cup, the anti globalization riots in Barcelona or Italy... Most of the times rioters don't need a reason, and isn't that related to the anglican culture but to the developed countries.