<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Why do people violently loot stores?
<|assistant|>
People engage in violence to loot stores for a variety of reasons, including for self- gain, out of boredom or to cause chaos. Looting also sometimes occurs in an effort to gain supplies, with the idea being that they are ‘taking what the stores weren’t giving in the first place’. Some people also believe that in the wake of a crisis, those with means to take whatever they want without fear of consequences, so looting serves as an assertion of power.