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Aussie here. It’s happening here, too. Everything, especially essentials, is getting a hell of a lot more expensive. Also, there’s a rental crisis caused by greedy rich people and years of a government that catered only to the wealthy and stripped necessities from the public and gave tax cuts to the rich. People are living in tents under bridges because there’s literally 0 affordable rentals available, and those of us that were lucky enough to get into rentals a few years ago are being extorted by landlords for rent that is $100+ higher per WEEK. I’m a broke uni student, the only way I can afford anything is because of a student rental assistance scheme. What the hell am I gonna do when I graduate? See if the awful job market is looking for people with my skills, despite being legally disabled. Yes, they’re forcing legally severely disabled people under 35 to work, now (they changed it recently). It’s disgusting to watch this great country’s decline because the rich know they can get away with anything and keep taking as much as they want until we have nothing left, and boy, do a great number of us have sweet f all while there are literal empty houses not being rented out to anyone so it drives the housing prices up.

I’m not endorsing violence, but if people riot, I completely understand and support their decision to choose to do so.

“people only *think* the economy is bad because of rising grocery costs!” okay but that’s called food insecurity, and I cannot overstate how big of a deal that is. food prices are, historically speaking, the number one thing that people have rioted about.