Middle-class rage sparks protest movements in Turkey, Brazil, Bulgaria and beyond

[CaseyJones]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...b91df0-df61-11e2-8cf3-35c1113cfcc5_story.html

As protests raged in Turkey and were set to explode in distant Brazil, Asen Genov sat in his office in Bulgaria’s capital on the cloudy morning of June 14, about to strike the computer key that would spark a Bulgarian Spring.

Only months earlier, public outrage over high electricity bills in the country had brought down a previous government, but Genov saw more reason for anger when the new administration tapped a shadowy media mogul to head the national security service. Furious, Genov posted a Facebook event calling for a protest in Sofia, the nation’s capital, though he was dubious about turnout for a demonstration focused not on pocketbooks but on corruption and cronyism in government.

“We made bets on how many would come. I thought maybe 500,” said Genov, a 44-year- old who helps run a fact-checking Web site.

But as he arrived in Sofia’s Independence Square, they were streaming in by the thousands, as they have every day since, with the snowballing protests aiming to topple the government.

“We are all linked together, Bulgaria, Turkey, Brazil. We are tweeting in English so we can understand each other, and supporting each other on other social media,” said Iveta Cherneva, a 29-year-old author in Sofia, who was one of the many people protesting for the first time. “We are fighting for different reasons, but we all want our governments to finally work for us. We are inspiring each other.”

 

[CaseyJones]

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[AngryCanadian]

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When will this start here in the west? are people being to lazy? or watching the boring scripted America got talent? no offensive for those whom watch it.

 

[silverhandorder]

Article is not about middle class. More like the poor of the world. Their rage is impotent since they come back to feed at the trough.

 

[AuH20]

Article is not about middle class. More like the poor of the world. Their rage is impotent since they come back to feed at the trough.

Dependency is a cruel mistress. I'm a belief that when the patriots inevitably "revolt" in this country it won't be at meaningless, impotent demonstrations. We're way different than the left, in that we're abnormally slow to react, but when we do watch out. It's a slow simmer due to a devotion to order, but God help our enemies. No one is going to waste their time vandalizing stores or other immature, anarchist bullshit.

 

[CaseyJones]

Rio's poor too busy to join in protest

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/29/rio-poor-too-busy-to-join-in-protest/

 

[silverhandorder]

Those are the bottom of the poor. Our understanding of the middle class is warped. A student living off the government tit is not middle class. I am willing to bet many people protesting fall into that category.