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Progressive radio talk show host Thom Hartmann interviews Professor Richard Wilkinson, Co-Founder-The Equality Trust / Studied Economics at the London School of Economics / Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology-University of Nottingham Medical School / Honorary Professor-University College London / Visiting Professor-University of York /co-wrote The Spirit Level (with Kate Pickett). They talk about the London Riots and economic inequality.
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Thom Hartmann & Prof Wilkinson: London Riots and economic inequality
Written on:January 25, 2012
In category: London News
Tags:Economic , Hartmann , inequality , London , Prof , Riots , Thom , Wilkinson
Tags:Economic , Hartmann , inequality , London , Prof , Riots , Thom , Wilkinson
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@ Salome Tirza Well, the reason They havnt got the Qualifications is our? education system here is dreadful Especially if you are poor and dont go to church. And Also Their parents must or dont care about education, they’re dont care if Their children grow up on benefits too. These rioters havent just started this behavior They act like this all the time just not on this scale, I know because i live in the poorest part em around or England, they’re harass people and ruin lives.
@ Flake452 I guess you people just raise a nation or wanton? thugs. . . for no apparent reason. Hard to see the forest through the trees sometimes. . . I know.
@ Etzel33 I know Thom is a good guy and I trust him, but he doesn’t have a huge multinational coporation new funding Their backing him or so he HAS to resort to getting news from His, the news. Which HAS its problems when? journalists can be lazy or not want to make a story more interesting.
I would never trust flake452 @ U.S. media on this topic (Thom except of course:)) but I’ve been getting reports from BBC on NPR, and it’s very, shall we say, ‘nationalistic’. An uprising? or thugs, a thug culture? Hard to GrASp thats so many would take to the streets in this Manner. That one guy said it was an insurrection. Interesting anomoly right at the core of Western civilization while the rest of the world rises up in the name or Democracy. TY for your comments.
And why have not @ flake452 They got the Qualifications for uni? Certainly NOT Because They would not, if They Could. Of cause it’s easy to give the blame to People that are Already “on the floor”. In Their living and without shoes, I would not dare to give? Such statements. The cause is very much the one Professor. Wilkinson mentions and the solution is just as easy, but not wanted from a minority or f ****** bas ****! Rich
@ Etzel33 American media has it wrong, if you look at what british media and british actual? People think you can see its just thugs, London has 6 million people so there are Easily enough thugs to riot. Its not just happening in London Either its all across England. We have a culture here where thug antisocial behavior and violence are a hobby.
@ The people rioting Dacktyl wont have the Qualifications for uni, they’re wont have the ambition for uni, people are just violent thugs thesis, as if if you ask the people who actually live in areas thesis will tell you. If you read the comments on the BBC website you can see what us? English people actually think, These people are rioting Because They think they wont get punished which is Probably true.
@ Flake452 That’s how it is being portrayed Certainly, That These are not riots and demonstrations. I find it Difficult to Believe however thats so many “thugs and criminals” persistantly riot Causing London to 16k with police reinforcement. are there really that? many thugs and criminals just waiting to run amok? More importantly is the Bank of England secure from rathscaleons thesis?
@ Dacktyl. . . Democratic? Socialism is the answer.
@ Flake452 OH! SOME money for education. . . you’re right then. It does not mean a thing That tuition costs have tripled and youth unemployment is 40%. . . Governments create the conservative environment have NOTHING to do with it. I suppose We Should Brace Ourselves for the Danish riots no doubt right around the corner. . . Considering That Their $ 20 an hour minimum wage, Publicly-financed universities, and 7. 4% unemployment Does not mean a thing. No need to look at the elephant in the living room. ?
I love Thom’s beard! Great look for you!? Seriously grow it out.
@ Flake452? You are repeating yourself unecessarily.
@ Refuckulate420 I agree. The cuts are bad yes, but still? These riots are not about cuts, and still They are scum, if They had leg raises in a better, Environment They would Probably have been better but still people are doing What They not just the riots in there day to day antisocial behavior’s Their Own Fault , yes government and society HAS blaime thesis too but people are not criminals and thugs They Are victims.
Well if everyone @ flake452 was provided with an excellent chance to succeed education and welfare would not be Necessary Chances are, or not nearly? as much so. There are plenty of very destructive and selfish rich and wealthy people too.
@ Refuckulate420 well no but our welfare system HAS ENCOURAGED the most awful people to have as many children As They can, selfish people? who only care about Themselves.
Really interesting. I live in the UK and the subject was still too “hot” in the BBC coverage I? came across for much ‘understanding’, with Debates angrily coming down to ‘do you or do you condemn Condon? ” .
@ Flake452 Attacking someone Does not make you a sociopath. Infact there are so called sociopath That live normal? Enough That You would never think lives to call em that. That word is overused and misunderstood. You SEEM to be making the claim is inherently Evil That everyone there When I’ve pointed out That Already people are almost always a product of Their enviornments.
Well @ refuckulate420 attacking? innocent people sounds pretty sociopathic to me.
@ Flake452 sociopath is? a pretty strong word to be using. Once again a claim you can not back up. You also have to SEEM IGNORED my comment All which addresses pretty much all you just said.
Ever heard of @ refuckulate420 a sociopath? I live around people’s thesis Will They milk the state and complain no matter what. They do not care about how other people Their behavior effects, actually They Do They Their behavior as to whether harm That PeopleSoft mean? beating up a stranger or my bedroom window Using kids as a goal When They play football.
@ Flake452 I think you are wrong Because bad people are less likely to exist in a well structured society emphasizes equality and Which? education Amongst it’s people. You act as if people are born bad Which Could you simply never back up.
@ Refuckulate420 I think its simply bad people in a bath Environment. Yes Could Prevent the Next Generation Education from Becoming thesis thugs but people at present are nothing but mindless savages, Prison Will not even deter em Just Because They Will Be There with Their mates, Also its not humilating for? em to go to prison like it would be for most people.
@ Flake452 I understand but if society had payed more attention to the education and welfare, or thesis, then people are much less likely hypothesis types to exist. Take Japan for example, consistently the same? Tsunami disaster the people remained calm and cohesive. Because this is an excellent education system HAS Japan and Does not treat its poor like garbage. What I’m saying is people are products of Their thesis enviornment.
The children look at the grown ups taking whatever from the public because They aka the bankers. . . why cnt they? do any different?