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> Riots happen when the social contact is broken.

Were you saying the same things during the lockdown protests?

>>RcouF1+(OP)
The social contract was to isolate to keep us all safe.

The other entry in the social contract is that our leadership should work to keep the country safe, and it failed at the very top.

Does that help clear things up for you?

>>RcouF1+(OP)
Did those protests end up in riots?

>>RcouF1+(OP)
I think the social contract for many were broken during lockdown, however the lockdown protests were allowed to continue peacefully. There was no major attempt to forcibly end them and no major case of loss of life or injury to propel the protest into true rioting.

My current mental model is that rioring both needs a reactant, but also a catalyst. Imo there was plenty of reactant sitting the lockdown protests, but no catalyst.

My thinking on the matter will likely change as I learn more.

And to answer your question literally: no, I wasn't really thinking about riots then