Baltimore and Ferguson are the canaries in the mine.

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As the oligarchy takes root the first to be marginalized are those who have the hardest time succeeding in the economy. Once they are ground down the next level up becomes the floor and at some point they will be ground into the dust too. It keeps moving up the chain until everyone who can survive is a surf to the ruling class. You will work for your daily bread and your meager shelter but you will get nothing more. Nothing to save or to get ahead.

I see the burning and destruction in the cities as the noise the canaries make just before they are gone. The owners of those businesses are on borrowed time. At some point they will make up the bottom rung.

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