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The History of Bread Riot, Part 2

It Could Happen Here

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What Causes a Bread Riot?

Sot: What sets off bread riots is people feeling like they're not getting what they deserve. Sot: Even if you decrease the price of bread, that's not actually necessarily going to stop people from rioting. The kind of uprisings we see in intonesia and phoenician syria aren't just about food prices; it's also a gap between rich and poor who can't support themselves any more. Andd i think there's a sort of fundamental misunderstanding of what causes a bread riot, right?

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