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Originally Posted by Rockstar
I was looking around for something beside the usual political mud slinging. Apparently there is a psychology to rioting and with todays access to instant media and communication it can spread like wildfire. On a side note, I never knew there were 2011 riots in England.  |
" [...] we have now found is that the rioters used their views of the police to define themselves collectively. Their sense of identity was key. Knowing and seeing others feeling the same way, across various locations, made the rioters feel that they were not alone, and emboldened them to riot too. [...]"
Link to the whole text Rockstar quoted is here:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...4&postcount=67
Worth reading.