Having consumer goods does not disprove that rioters were poor

Evidence

The reactionary commentary on the riots has tried to downplay the idea that the rioters were deprived. The rioters had expensive smart phones and wore top-end sportswear — so how could they be poor? While this has been exaggerated — the places where the riots took hold overwhelmingly tended to be areas of poverty and unemployment — it’s true that, so far as we can tell, most of the rioters weren’t homeless or starving. But there are other kinds of destitution than these. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1590

Categorization

• XREF: Refutes the common trope (seen also in ch33’s ‘class inferiority’) that possessions prove economic standing. — connects to: Consuming a civilization’s goods does not align one with its values or politics; Consuming Western goods does not Westernize non-Westerners — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 158; Riots erupt among the unaffiliated young and poor, not the organized — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1128

Broader Connections

• Riots erupt among the unaffiliated young and poor, not the organized #corroborates (0.88) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1128
• Consuming Western goods does not Westernize non-Westerners #expands (0.85) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 158
• Consuming a civilization’s goods does not align one with its values or politics #expands (0.82)