{"id":2750,"date":"2012-02-23T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2012-02-23T12:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T17:04:31","slug":"why-dont-american-cities-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/why-dont-american-cities-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don\u2019t American Cities Burn?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/022212_0603_WhyDontAmer1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a time when the Greeks, the British, and even the Chinese are seeing a surge in riots why have the American people remained so docile? One historian argues that there are several reasons for this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Groups that previously felt as if they had no voice in society and government, now feel that they do, and express their views through formal, established channels.<\/li>\n<li>There has been a greater integration of minorities into society.<\/li>\n<li>A consumer culture has made people indifferent to wider causes.<\/li>\n<li>Authorities have increased powers, such as surveillance capabilities and that dissuades Americans from rising up in protest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read about how this all ties into the Occupy movement, the last widespread incidence of American riots, and whether or not this is a good thing click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/politics\/2012\/02\/what-dont-americans-riot-anymore\/1274\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/politics\/2012\/02\/what-dont-americans-riot-anymore\/1274\/\">The Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2012\/02\/assorted-links-371.html\">Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when the Greeks, the British, and even the Chinese are seeing a surge in riots why have the American people remained so docile? One historian argues that there are several reasons for this: Groups that previously felt as if they had no voice in society and government, now feel that they do, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/022212_0603_WhyDontAmer1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2775,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions\/2775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}