Children of the middle class the world over are protesting. Why?

Outrage at a status quo that serves powerful elites at the expense of the majority has, over the past year, drawn millions of (mostly) young people onto the streets of Madrid, Athens, Santiago, New Delhi, Tripoli, Cairo and now even New York City.



Their complaints range from lack of affordable housing and joblessness. Young people angry at an economic system that offers them diminishing prospects of a decent life.

Their anger is directed at the failings of those who've been entrusted to fix things - politicians who retreat behind closed doors to run countries like CEOs run corporations.

Throughout the Western world, young people are increasingly scornful of voting in elections as a means of seeking change. They are taking to the streets, in part, because they have little faith in the ballot box.

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