You know that when its people are rebelling against law and authority, empires are vulnerable.
This week a group of around 80 people planned a large-scale robbery of a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, California. Police arrested three, and one was armed with a gun.
They used 25 stolen cars to block access for police, and used pepper spray, physical violence and a knife on Nordstrom staff, getting away with $100K in loot.
This is also recently happened in pharmacies, cannabis dispensaries and jewelry stores.
Desperate, impoverished people committing crime is not unusual anywhere in the world. But when people mass organise to participate in violent crime, for a gain of only $1000 each, that is next level. That is in the direction of a rebellion.
