“A better way to look at this is that a shortage of food guarantees a riot. In addition food riots tend to have a lot more staying power. The loot and burn protests in LA and London were over as soon as the cops started cracking heads. Once the authorities took the fun out of it the riots broke up. However a hungry man will continue to riot until he gets food or is killed.”
This is a keen observation. If one can riot and still eat, there will be an end to the riot. If food is not to be had, the rioter won’t stop until he gets food. If you throw no water in there, the rioter will kill for certain to get it because he is in the process of dying right then.
The riots last as long as the rioters get their flat screen televisions.