Global Unrest

There appears to be a growing global unrest taking place in 2011.  Already this year, the world has witnessed --

-- the Egyptian Revolution, and the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak

-- riots in Athens, over their debt crisis, and severe cutbacks in government spending.

-- massive strikes and protests in Lisbon, over their debt crisis, and severe cutbacks in government spending

-- thousands of Spaniards in Madrid, protesting their 21 percent unemployment rate, government corruption, and austerity measures (a result of their debt crisis)

-- multiple protests in the Philippines, over everything from low worker pay to oil exploration and drilling.

-- protests and riots in Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, where (reports say) over 1600 people have been killed over the last four months

-- protests in Israel over their rising cost of living

-- riots, looting, and arson in a number of cities in Great Britain

Even here in the United States, a gang of black youths targeted white Wisconsin State Fair-goers in Milwaukee for beatings.

What's going on here?  I mean, what is the underlying cause of such global unrest?  Is it all the result of sinking economies and corrupt governments?

After reading all these accounts, I noticed the one thread that ties all of these events together.  It's not economies (though to be sure, failing economies are an underlying concern).  It's not race.  It's not anarchy.  No, the vast majority of those involved in these protests and uprisings consist of a younger generation of people.  I am reminded of the college campus protests of the sixties.  As it happens every so often, the youth of the world are making their voice heard.