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Looting — An Anthology
It could happen in the U.S. Just what you are reading above. There is a certain arrogance that it can’t. There is some idea that if people tried to do this they would be stopped by someone. By whom? There are 40 million people who lost their jobs in the last few months. Yes, some of that was unavoidable. Much of it was easily avoided if there was a functioning government and actual leadership in the capital. It is said by Sergio Serulinko that the riots in Argentina occurred as a result of a “critical state of deprivation” brought on by “hyperinflation. “ Wages increased in other words but the price of everything went up nearly three times the amount of wages.
Richard Wolff breaks it down first and asks: who is looting whom in the current situation? The guy in the store getting a television or the corporations who make millions and still laid off a bunch of people only to give their shareholders another fat dividend
According to the Washington Post, the following occurred and is one example of corporate ruthlessness at a very difficult time:
