Last night the city outside my front door went up in flames. There are many things I could say about this, but this blog isn’t a space for my ranting. A re-occurring theme from my travels in Spain is the importance of shops, businesses and how the act of transaction can create connection within a community. A feature of the culture of shops and cafes in Spain and other parts of Europe is that all ages are welcome and that all ages participate. In this country the youth are viewed with fear and suspicion - and this is especially true of working class youth. My feeling is that the young people involved in these disturbances are disconnected with the world they are destroying and that this is a product of this culture.
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