10 Signs That Economic Riots And Civil Unrest Inside The United States Are Now More Likely Than Ever

The Economic Collapse ^ | 08/18/2011 | Michael Snyder

[SeekAndFind]

You should let the video footage of the wild violence that just took place in London burn into your memory because the same things are going to be happening all over the United States as the economy continues to crumble. We have raised an entire generation of young people with an "entitlement mentality", but now the economy is producing very few good jobs that will actually enable our young people to work for what they feel they are entitled to. If you are under 30 in America today, things look really bleak. The vast majority of the good jobs are held by people that are older, and they aren't about to give them up if they can help it. It is easy for the rest of us to tell young Americans to "take whatever they can", but the reality is that there is intense competition for even the most basic jobs. For instance, McDonald's recently held a "National Hiring Day" during which a million Americans applied for jobs. Only 6.2% of the applicants were hired. In the old days you could walk down to McDonald's and get a job whenever you wanted to, but now any job is precious. The frustration among our young people is palpable. Most of them feel entitled to "the American Dream" and they feel like the system has failed them. Unfortunately, many of them are already turning to violence. But the economic riots and the civil unrest that we have already seen are nothing compared to what is coming. Americans are angry, and as the economy continues to collapse that anger is going to reach unprecedented heights.

In recent days, even many in the mainstream media have been openly wondering if the riots that happened in London could happen here too. There is a growing acknowledgement that this country is headed down a very dark path.

The sad thing is that these riots accomplish absolutely nothing. The recent London riots did not create any jobs and they certainly did not solve any economic problems. Instead, they actually hurt the economy even more because a huge am0unt of property was destroyed and people are even more afraid to continue with business as usual.

But when people get to the end of their ropes, most of the time they are not thinking rationally. When frustration erupts, the results can be very, very messy.

All over the United States we are already seeing some very troubling signs of the violence that is coming. The following are 10 signs that economic riots and civil unrest inside United States are now more likely then ever....

#1 Going to the state fair used to be such a fun thing for American families to do. But now no place is safe. The following is how one local ABC News affiliate described the "flash mob" attacks that took place at the Wisconsin state fair recently....

Milwaukee police said that around 11:10 p.m., squads were sent to the area for reports of battery, fighting and property damage being caused by an unruly crowd of "hundreds" of people. One officer described it as a "mob beating."

Police said the group of young people attacked fair goers who were leaving the fair grounds. Police said that some victims were attacked while walking. They said others were pulled out of cars and off of motorcycles before being beaten.

One eyewitness said that the flash mob attacks at the Wisconsin state fair absolutely overwhelmed the limited police presence that was there....

When I saw the amount of kids coming down the road, all I kept thinking was, 'There's not enough cops to handle this.' There's no way. It would have taken the National Guard to control the number of kids that were coming off the road. They were knocking people off their motorcycles.

#2 According to a new Rasmussen survey, 48% of Americans believe that reductions in government spending are "at least somewhat likely" to result in civil unrest inside the United States. Unfortunately, perception often greatly influences reality.

#3 U.S. consumer confidence is now at its lowest level in 30 years.

#4 Joblessness among young Americans is at an epidemic level, and when rioting does break out it is usually young people that are leading the way. That is why the following statistics from an article in The Atlantic are so troubling....

One in five Americans are between 15 and 29-years old. And one in five of those Americans are unemployed. For minorities and the under-educated, the picture is much worse. Black teenagers have an unemployment rate of 44 percent, twice the rate for white teens.

#5 We are starting to see mindless violence in a lot of areas that used to be considered safe. In Kansas City on Saturday night, three young people were hit with bullets as they walked the streets of the Country Club Plaza. Mayor Sly James was about 50 yards away when the gunfire erupted. Authorities in Kansas City are considering a stricter curfew for that area.

#6 "Flash mobs" have become such a problem in Philadelphia that the mayor has imposed a strict curfew on young people. Now all teens between the ages of 13 and 18 must be indoors by 9 o'clock at night. The mayor also says that teens need to start pulling up their pants....

"Pull your pants up and buy a belt ’cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt."

#7 All over the United States we are seeing that many struggling Americans will do just about anything for money. For example, in Detroit recently three masked men crashed a vehicle through the entrance of a gas station and took off with an entire ATM machine.

#8 Desperate people do desperate things. Many of America's "forgotten poor" are trying to survive any way that they can. For instance, a group of vagrants recently set up "a makeshift camp" near Prospect Park lake in Brooklyn. According to the New York Post, many nearby residents have been disturbed by what these "drifters" are doing to survive....

The drifters have been illegally trapping and cooking up the critters that call the park home, including squirrels, ducks and swan-like cygnets.

They used crude tactics to hunt their prey, including barbed fishing hooks that ripped off the top half of one poor gosling's beak. They then cooked the meat over illegal fires. Some of the animals were eaten raw.

#9 According to CNN, sales of safes and vaults are absolutely soaring right now. One store owner told CNN that she believes that she is selling a lot more safes now because people are scared that civil unrest could be coming....

"Folks are worried about the decreasing value of the dollar, burglaries on the rise in their neighborhoods ... and even the possibility that the unrest we are seeing in other parts of the world slipping over to our country."

#10 Over the past 100 years, the American population has moved steadily into our big cities and the surrounding suburbs. This has created virtual "ghost towns" in our rural areas from coast to coast. Back in 1910, 72 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today, only 16 percent of Americans live in rural areas. But when you crowd huge masses of people close together that makes riots and civil unrest much more likely.

Most Americans are already fed up, and the economy is not even that bad yet. One recent survey found that 73 percent of Americans believe that the nation is "on the wrong track". Another recent poll found that only 17 percent of Americans now believe that the U.S. government has the consent of the governed.

Millions of very frustrated young people believe that the economic system has failed them and that the political system no longer holds any answers.

America is rapidly approaching a breaking point. I have written previously about the collapse of society that we are already witnessing all over the United States. When the economy totally breaks down, most Americans are not going to be able to handle it.

Sadly, instead of coming together and trying to do something productive, many Americans will resort to rioting, looting and civil unrest. We have already seen this during local emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina.

But mindless violence accomplishes absolutely nothing positive. It just always makes things worse.

Unfortunately, logic and reason are not going to be enough to stop the gigantic wave of frustration that is coming. For most of the rest of us, it will be hard enough to get out of the way and protect our own families from the economic riots and the civil unrest that are coming.

The thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is starting to disappear. Hatred and anger are growing by the day. The United States is becoming a very frightening place.

So get ready. Our politicians certainly don't have any answers for us. The debt ceiling deal was a complete and total joke, and corruption is absolutely rampant in Washington right now. Barack Obama is getting ready to leave for yet another vacation, and most of our politicians are only focused on the next election.

So don't expect a "miracle" from those that are supposed to be leading us.

They don't care about you.

You need to take care of yourself and your family and your friends.

A massive economic collapse is coming, and most Americans are going to be totally blindsided by it.

Don't let that happen to you.

[RayChuang88]

I'd almost agree but when even many on the Left as expressing doubts about Obama, he's a goner sooner than later.

Here's the interesting part: it could be earlier than people think. If the Congressional Black Caucus turns on him, the downfall could be surprisingly quick.

[Kartographer]

It’s clear as a bell that at the very least a Double Dip is coming up and I ain’t talk’n roller coaster or Baskin Robbins!

I think that we are in for something like the collapse of Argentina ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yerKMQc7-w&feature=grec_index)but from the look of things it may even be on a global scale. Additionally I think we will see a much more violent version. As recent events show (Flash Mobs, UK riots, etc)we have a larger entitlement minded population and a the US has a much more violent and armed population than Argentina. I see many many small business wiped out by flash mob looting, and see rape, robbery and murder for murder sake. Many of these ‘yutes’ will think no more about killing you than most people think about stepping on a roach. That will be the test of many. Most preppers I know are Christian people and they will hesitate to do what they might have to do to stop the ‘yutes’. On the other hand the ‘yutes’ won’t think twice nor lose a minute of sleep, in fact they will smile and laugh about it.

Think of this quote which is one of my favorites:

“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8)” (1998)
Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.

Now go look at some of the videos of the riots in the UK and of some of the flash mobs here in the US and look into there eyes.

For those who are just starting or are old hands at prepping you may find my Preparedness Manual helpfull. You can download it at:

http://www.tomeaker.com/kart/preparedness1i.pdf

For those of you who haven’t started already it’s time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, a extra couple changes of oil and filters for your car, tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.

As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”

Or as the bible says: A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
NIV Proverbs 22:3

Lastly this for the doubters and the scoffers.

“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger.

Underestimation can be fatal.”

[JustaDumbBlonde]

The 10 items are really 2 or 3 things repeated over and over, or stemming from the same root.

Also, we have not raised a generation of the entitled. We are on generation 3.

I agree that unrest is sure to come with reductions in welfare, foodstamps and disability payments to the able. However, you can bet that the politicians will sell their grandchildren and mortgage the capitol buildings before they actually make these cuts. They don't have the guts.

[EnglishCon]

Since they (the rioters) will only make things worse in their own communities by having rioted. Their next step will probably be out of their communities to riot.

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That is what happened here. The rioters and looters that trashed our suburb did not come from here (mostly, there were a few). The ones in Clapham and Croyden were not from there. Even the scum seem to understand the concept of “Don’t Sh*t Where You Eat.”

[metmom]

If they try the flash mob stuff at our NYS Fair in Syracuse, they’re bat guano crazy. The Fair is crawling with NYS Troopers every year directing traffic, manning their facilities, doing demonstrations of rescues and police dog work, etc.

And they are VERY no nonsense and professional.

[Squantos]

BTTT

[little jeremiah]

Placemark.

[hiredhand]

Yep...starting in blue states. They're already at the point of violence spilling over for any reason. For that matter, all that's really required is for a legislature to attempt to balance a state's budget and de-fang the union thuggery and violence results!

Too many people feel cheated. Too many people feel disenfranchised. Too many people think that they deserve something because they struggled through four to 12 years of college and now have massive loans to repay in the face of a contracting national economy. Too many people are looking to blame somebody...ANYBODY because they can't find a job. Too many people are simply on edge.

SP told me that hospitalizations are up over 400% from three years ago for stress and substance abuse related problems. The word in those circles is that this is a national problem. At least that's what they've been briefed. They've even gone through some special training to be a little better able to handle this category of patients.

Everybody, and everything is on edge right now. Everybody perceives that something big and bad is going to happen, but nobody can quite put words to it. :-) NOTHING would surprise me and nothing does anymore. At best, I manage to shake my head in mild shock before moving on. But I'm not surprised by anything anymore.

If I had the national podium for just a few minutes, I'd tell them all to stay peaceful at all cost. I "think" you and I and others like us comprise approximately 3% of the population. While we love peace, and we go way out of our way to avoid trouble, we're capable of killing the remaining 97% three times over. The three components required to seriously consider any potential lethal force threat are ability, desire, and capability and the only one we're lacking at this very moment is desire, and that could quickly CHANGE.

The left and the offended should be very careful in the months to come.

[no-to-illegals]

The riots in England were horrific to all viewing who have common sense and realize the riots are not a good sign. Have the rioters calmed down and gone back to their communities or is there unrest occurring the media is not reporting?

[Ellendra]

I don't agree. I have friends running or managing businesses in contracting, electrical, restaurants - these people are ALWAYS looking to hire competent help.

Keyword: Competent. I'm a trainer for the company I work for, and with every new batch of trainees there's at least one person at whom I'll find myself shaking my head and thinking "How did this person even get through the interview?"

(Incidentally, my employer allows people to telecommute full time, and we're hiring right now, both full and part-time positions. if anyone wants details, FReepmail me.)

My brother's company has been looking for a PHP programmer for almost 6 months now, the hiring bonus they're offering is up to $5000 after working 90 days. My brother says they get a lot of inquirees, but as soon as the applicants find out that they'll be expected to demonstrate that they know PHP by writing a simple code during the interview, suddenly they disappear. In the 6 months they've been looking, not one person has turned up for their interview.
(His employer made that a requirement after they hired 2 "programmers" who turned out to have taken their "sample programs" from the internet, and couldn't write a PHP program to save their lives.)

It seems bizarre that there's a job shortage and a worker shortage at the same time, but there is.

[dsc]

Went to the Western Idaho Fair yesterday.

Went armed.

There was no trouble.

[metmom]

FReepmail.

[metmom]

Good on all accounts.

I’ll bet you weren’t the only one armed either.

[EnglishCon]

There are still small amounts of unrest that are not making the news at all, I assume because our Dear Leader wants it that way.
Nothing like the bad times, but much worse than it was before the riots. There are more gangs of youths on the streets during the day now too. They are more trying for intimidation than anything else, and generally succeeding.

[no-to-illegals]

May you and England Stay Safe FRiend. Thank You for reporting back. Ping me anytime. Many Prayers for U.S. and Britain.

[ladyjane]

Betcha a nickel there will be problems. Whether we hear about them or the information is suppressed is another story. I hope I am wrong. We’ll see in a couple of days.

[gargoyle]

...Yer right, it’s going to get ugly...

[metmom]

Are you in NY?

Word travels around here. I know people who are going to be at the Fair showing animals. They’ll know if there are any problems and I’ll ask them to let me know.

[ladyjane]

No, I’m not in NY. I do have some friends up in that neck of the woods. I hope I am wrong and everything goes smoothly.

[DaxtonBrown]

Here’s the Civil War II video, let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iwNp5v-hGY