“Nobody ever rioted for austerity.”
George Monbiot (1963) English writer and political activist
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“Nobody likes a riot except looters and journalists.”
— Ben Aaronovitch, book Rivers of London
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 12, “The Last Resort” (p. 245)
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