They are an absolute deadweight upon society, because they contribute nothing yet cost the taxpayer billions. Liberal opinion holds they are victims, because society has failed to provide them with opportunities to develop their potential.
Most of us would say this is nonsense. Rather, they are victims of a perverted social ethos, which elevates personal freedom to an absolute, and denies the underclass the discipline — tough love — which alone might enable some of its members to escape from the swamp of dependency in which they live.
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The way I see it, what’s happening in England is nothing more than what has already happened on a global scale. The looting of the economy by the top 5% and the England riots – what’s the difference except in the economic situation of those perpetrating the crimes?
There’s not something peculiar to the ‘underclass’ that’s ‘making’ them behave like animals – This is a systemwide problem.
But we’ll arrest these people, and let the others have a pass. Business as usual.
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There’s a fair amount of truth in what you say.
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“At Camberwell Green magistrates, Nicholas Robinson, 23, an electrical engineering student with no previous convictions, was jailed for the maximum permitted six months after pleading guilty to stealing bottles of water worth £3.50 from Lidl in Brixton.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/11/uk-riots-courtrooms-country
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