Shooting From The Hip
The past few years have been years of economic looting by the rich. When the inflation gets out of hand the looting takes the form of a planned depression and then the very poor loot in the old fashioned way, and we call out the National Guard. The rioters in Miami had the right idea, in a manner of...
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| Published in | Washington Informer (pre-1990) Vol. 14; no. 37; p. 3 |
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| Format | Trade Publication Article |
| Language | English |
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Washington, D.C
Washington Informer
29.05.1980
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| Summary: | The past few years have been years of economic looting by the rich. When the inflation gets out of hand the looting takes the form of a planned depression and then the very poor loot in the old fashioned way, and we call out the National Guard. The rioters in Miami had the right idea, in a manner of speaking, but they went about it the wrong way. Economic violence by the powerful brings out physical violence by the powerless. Looting and burning someone's store is immoral, no question, but no more immoral than deciding to "protect" the dollar by throwing a few millions of people out of work. |
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