During the great depression (1930s), thousands of people were out of work and additional thousands of poor farmers lost their farms in the midwest dust storms. It was a terrible time for a lot of people. Social services were practically nonexistent. Yet, there was little violence, people suffered starved and died without help. They didn't burn down their neighborhoods, they looked for work.
The urban youth in the big cities that have grown up disenfranchised from the working society seem become sociopathic and lash out, setting fires and looting. They have no feeling of responsibility to a society that ignores them.
Do the social services that we have today have something to do with the urban youth problem or is it simply the lack of opportunity to make a living as part of the society?
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"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." R.N.
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