People don't know where they stand and what they're going to lose, and that makes things uncertain. The … - Steve Inskeep

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People don't know where they stand and what they're going to lose, and that makes things uncertain. The political parties try to meld people together, but then that becomes a problem. There are parallels here, to American cities, which, in the '80s, with massive rural to urban migration, saw incredible amounts of violence.

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