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@carson
i think it's important, people ask how the rioters can behave the way they do, where are their morals, where are their values? the truth is that any person or institution purporting to express moral or value judgments has been systematically undermined, or 'deconstructed' over the last 40 years - in their place, the individual has been elevated above all things. where once people talked about duty and responsibility now people talk about rights and entitlements. the individual is king, and their value is as a consumer. the violent looting embodies this to a tee in my view.