Inflation Nation
Thanks to recent skyrocketing inflation, the citizens could no longer afford to eat. The middle class was starting to starve. There's an old saying that's used to define the temperament of oppressed people: “Bread and Circuses”... It dates back to just before the fall of the Roman Empire in 100 A.D., and is derived from the observation that people will put up with nearly all sorts of tyranny and injustice, so long as the mob has food and entertainment. What's happening across the world is a result of their food becoming too expensive. Feeling the same pain, just days after the first protests in Tunisia, the riot fever spread to Algeria — where protesters hit the streets, carrying signs that read “We Want Sugar!” Next to fall, for the same reasons, was Egypt... Then Libya. You get the point. You hear about it every day. But what many in the mainstream press fail to realize, is that these protests and riots aren't simply because of a harsh dictator. Anyone over ...