Kevrumbo
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You can make the same impulsive "unfair knee jerk causal ascription" (read "stereotype") to any socioeconomic upheaval in catastrophic circumstances like war, ethnic/race tensions or natural disaster --Be it Third World or First World.I don't agree. The fact that the looting and vandalism was so well-organized and began so quickly suggests that this was not just an unusual situation resulting from the storm; it's more like well-established criminals quickly taking advantage of a disaster.
That is substantiated by the experiences of the boat captain described below and also by the specific warnings about the high crime rate in Chuuk from the US consular service, which also mentions that the police aren't very helpful - especially in instances of theft.
I've never been to that part of the world but I had wanted to go - but not any more. I am sure that there are many fine people living on Chuuk, but the widely practiced and accepted criminal activity including the involvement of the police, the vicious behavior, and the malicious destruction has changed my mind.
https://www.facebook.com/kimball.corson/posts/731677813524858
I've been going to Truk Lagoon for seven consecutive years now, sometimes multiple trips per year, and there are certain areas on Weno and other islands which you never go by yourself (and never after dark outside the compound of the Blue Lagoon Resort or Truk Stop Hotel, or Village Guest House), just as I know that there are "hoods" here in my hometown of Los Angeles that I will not normally go in unless looking for trouble or to get robbed at gunpoint. Does it not make sense that with the collapse of social infrastructure and Local/National Gov't Services after a natural disaster, riot or war that general anarchy will break out, rather than to unfairly or naively label a whole culture as pre-existing laissez faire or corrupted?