Researching trouble spots that could predict how civil unrest might unfold in the future, I came across this report from February 2009 ,about insurrection in the French Caribbean. It is described, literally, in black and white terms, as a class war that breaks out along racial lines. The source being The Daily Mail, this might be sensationalistic. But there’s no denying it’s plausible:
“Britons are among thousands of tourists fleeing Guadeloupe after full scale urban warfare erupted on the French Caribbean island.
Trouble broke out on the island earlier last month after protesters began rioting over high prices and low wages.
But the situation escalated this week after protesters began turning on rich white families as they demanded an end to colonial control of the economy.
The troubles come at the height of the holiday season, with thousands of mainly British, French and American tourists on the paradise tropical island.”
The trend is always the manipulation of people by groups who seek forceful power over others?
It seems odd that the leader of the union was killed by his own guys.
Burning cars, that’s usually a given in this type of situation, for those at the bottom it seems to be one of their favorite targets to lash out against, a sort of kill the thing you love? As most young guys like/love cars. A fit of jealousy?
Is this another one of those instances where the media incorrectly labels chaos as anarchy? Something I’ve been noticing a lot in stories like this.
“Authorities struggle to contain the anarchy which has swept across the island”
My example of what I think is the correct usage of the word: I really enjoyed the anarchy of the yard sales, there was no chaos.
Oh yes.
Chaos…
well war is chaos..you never hear it described like that. They always act as if it is so precise and surgical
Yet, get a bunch of guys throwing stones and running around and its the second coming…
anarchy for most of people is wild eyed russians throwing bombs at archdukes.
Anarchy as a yard sale isn’t something they’ll grasp
This word anarchy, is it a slippery word?
The anarchy at most of the yard sales was great, but at a few of them the anarchy wasn’t good at all, the people were unfriendly, rude and overbearing. Fortunately there wasn’t chaos at any of them.
It seems like the following is chaos, but, maybe a third kind of anarchy?:
“None of this would matter if it weren’t causing copious bloodshed in countries like Mexico, and threatening the anarchy that is often called “destabilization.” Absent this creeping hecatomb clotting in the streets, everyone would be happy.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed187.html
Are there five kinds of anarchy? And my error was in thinking there was really only one?:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Anarchy
No wonder people are easily misled and bamboozled.