Though apparently worlds apart the driving motivations of the rioters and bankers are more similar than we care to acknowledge.
To dispel the myth that the causes of the riots are racial or part of some class struggle there are similarities between the rioters and the bankers reeking havoc on their respective markets – which therefore points to a more fundamental, underlying cause.
Greed
Whether it’s the latest iphone or the next Porche – pure material greed motivated both the rioters and the bankers
Contagion
The devastation of the rioters just like the bankers spread from one market, one town centre to the next causing millions and billions of economic damage in its wake
Mob rule
Mob rule took over as the markets were attacked in waves by rioting gangs and bankers on mass as soon they felt the vulnerability and weakness in their victims
The thrill of the kill
Common accounts of rioters and bankers getting pleasure from the exhilaration of pushing the limits and going to the extreme
Utter disregard for society
The rioters and bankers both showed utter contempt of society and the impact and consequences of their actions on individuals, families or communities
Failure of policing
The Metropolitan Police failed to control the rioters just as the Bank of England, Financial Services Authority and the UK Treasury were unable to regulate the bankers
The above similarities cut across racial and class boundaries between the rioters and the bankers and illustrates something more deeper underlying the cause of the riots of today and the havoc reeked during the financial crisis of 2008/09.
This deeper underlying cause is the fundamental values system of capitalism founded on individualism and materialism which then “governs” the behaviour of all those who adopt it resulting in the mayhem we’ve seen which seem worlds apart but are more similar than we care to accept.
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