When the riots begin

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A riot might happen over a sports game or maybe some sort of a police brutality controversy but there isn't any sign of them on a large scale.

No one is talking about revolution. Even the people who got themselves arrested for blocking traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge cannot articulate what they would replace the present system with. But there is a sense of outrage at how a decent, middle class existence seems to be slipping beyond the grasp of many. But unlike in Greece, where the riots are fed by massive financial dislocation, or in Britain, where there has been a long running culture of social malfeasance, what we will see in America reflects deeper problems that cannot be explained or solved easily.

Little things like the new $5 monthly charge that the banks are going to impose on debit card holders can seem incredibly unfair to people who believe that the large banks, bailed out with the people's money, should serve the people and not abuse them. When people lose faith in the system, they chuck aside the law. Why play along when you are destined to lose? And so they riot.

If you want a date, I would say that 2012 would a year to watch. Not only is it an election year, for an alarming number of people, 2012 is the year the world is supposed to end. Nibiru anyone?

The anti-Wall Street protest is spreading to other cities. As you can see, stupidity knows no bounds. These people have no idea what they are really protesting about or how they would change the present system they seem to feel so aggrieved about. What they are certain of is that they do not want to repay their student loans. Basically, they are dead beats fighting for the right to be lame. Some say this is class warfare. I say it is a recipe for social violence.

Many people are pissed off and they do not know how to justify their anger. Who is to blame if no one wants to give you a job? Blaming yourself is unacceptably self destructive and so it becomes necessary to blame others. Corporations are a convenient target because they are the honey pot that everyone wants to get at. Unfortunately for the protesters, a good corporate job and all the security that comes with it is out of reach. So instead of bettering themselves, these dimwits choose to blame corporations.

Apparently, only corporations are greedy. These protesters who want a good education but not to pay for it or a good life without the sweat and toil bill themselves as holier than thou. Others are greedy while these people are saints. The whole thing reminds me of the disgusting events that have been raging in Greece over the last couple of years.