The social contract is broken when a state asks its citizens to obey the law but doesn’t give them equal benefit from fulfilling the duties of law.
London Riots... The world’s surprise was great when this superrich city became the nest of uncontrolled rioting, looting, and burning ... “Yes, you wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?"... What should really concern Britons are the underlying, deep-rooted problems facing the country’s other half. With 40 percent of children living in poverty in London, particularly in areas where the riots broke out, it’s not surprising.... Social mobility has declined in both the UK and United States in recent decades, and in the UK it has reached its lowest point in generations. .... an OECD study found that up to 50 percent of the economic advantage of fathers is passed on to their sons in Britain. .... In 2010, London was indeed deemed one of the developed world’s most unequal cities, with the gap between rich and poor similar to Victorian times. ....
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