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When the poor finally explode in frustration and seize what they want, police deal to it. With clubs, if needed, with guns. Looting riots are rare in New Zealand, most recent was in 1932. Unemployed Aucklanders, provoked by police bashing their speaker, smashed shop windows and stole. In the ensuing repression hundreds were hurt or arrested. In ‘normal’ times deprived people are mostly controlled by other means, like words. Political spin is something authority has invested in, because it works. Used skillfully, words can deflect and defuse people’s anger. Pressing social problems can seem more manageable with an appropriate label. One of today’s most effective labels is Child Poverty. Just uttered by itself, Child Poverty sounds . . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/again-on-child-poverty/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
