We’ve heard about the gunman that killed eight people, blaming it on the loss of his job and the man who is robbing convenience stores with his child along due to losing his job and the list goes on. History shows us that violence and economic suffering go hand in hand.
There are few peaceful very poor countries. During the time of the Great Depression lynchings against blacks rose. And it makes sense.
When you are without money you become desperate which causes you to take on options you never thought you would. I was watching some show about how more corporate women who have been laid off are now going to stripping to earn a similar amount of money. Cop killings are also on the rise.
There is the frustration that no one can do anything and no one cares. Unfortunately these killers are taking it out on the wrong people. Innocent people who have no control over their situation. Not that I’m encouraging them to attack wall street workers or bankers. Yet this was a concern at the G20 summit in London where wall street workers were encouraged not to come into work that day due to protestors.
Until this economy goes for the better and jobs are regained I don’t think that we’ll see a change. If it doesn’t change then maybe small town middle America will become a place where you lock your doors at night and hold tight to your purses walking down the street, not just the big cities.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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I was watching the news amazed how those protesters in London behaved.
I heard they even told the workers who work at the bank not to show up.
You got it so right, people can not take out their frustrations out on the every day worker. Who is trying to pay their bills and living from pay check to pay check.
are you sure that lynching rose in that period - because from my understanding of history it was post jim crow where the increase accrued
It could have been both times. I remember learning in my course of study in college (or law school) that there was a connection between the economic dispair during the great depression and the increase in lynchings. Don't see why what you suggest and what I suggest have to be mutually exclusive, however, the reasoning behind the rises were more than likely different.
President Obama talks about how the economy will get worse before it gets better, well I hope he knows that the same will prove true for crime. Crime in any form is the great equalizer between the rich and the poor; the employed and unemployed.
There has always been a correlation between economic hardship and violence. Unless people begin to feel more hoepful about their situation then things will only get worse if not simply remain the same for the time being.
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