@briankrebs The first thing I thought of was A Tale of Two Cities.

The fact that French revolutionary leaders were the mentors and supporters of American revolutionary leaders is not lost on anyone who actually paid attention in history class.

Resisting the unsustainable exploitation of essential goods and services by the conspicuously and obscenely wealthy and heartless is the American origin story.

When people have nothing left to lose, they give up worrying about normative standards of behaviour.