Different political systems have been developed through the ages, many different ways to mediocrity and drowsy the restless spirit of youth itself. In these times of ours, the welfare democracies think that their young people lack any instinct of revolt, arranged in cotton more or less stable or lulled into a substitute for a search for true happiness, which is always contentious. For their part, had dreamed of Arab tyrannies sedate the minds of his young well with amalgam While totalitarian Islam with hatred for Westerners, who are blamed for all the ills of those societies to highlight the goodness and innocence of dictators and kings. And yet, something starts to break down in the spirit of postmodern youth. The need not be uncoupled from the "resurrection" of history or simply being fed to some systems that ignore the real human needs to satisfy the greed and the desire of multinationals and the most powerful pressure groups, have pushed thousands of youth across the Arab world to unite through the brittle social networking sites to bring forth a platform diffuse, but angry and convinced of the need that something, anything, change, and so powerful that it is challenging to dictators, from the coast of Morocco to the Persian Gulf.
This state of (dis) spirit, that fatigue disrupted in constant rebellion and persistent in his end, he begins to not be unique to the Arab space. A few weeks ago, the young Belgian took to the streets of the country to protest the division of it and against a political class which, unable to think beyond their own interests, takes several months without giving a government the country. In Portugal, thousands of young people (seconded by unemployed, housewives, or simply sick people) met in early March, the streets of Lisbon protested against insecurity - "With no precarious freedom," chanted great summary of where we lead the measures to appease the greed of the powerful "against the measures adjustment fall exclusively, throughout Europe, the unemployed, workers, middle classes, families, students, but never on business or on or bankers. Called the two protests on Twitter and Facebook, young people have been known to live up to the circumstances, putting voice to that inner unrest, deep folds that European societies and shakes our principles: the management of the crisis, the systematic violation of rights acquired over decades of civic struggle, opens the door to a new kind of populism that Berlusconni or Marine Le Pen is only heralds or town criers.
But ... What about Spain? Perhaps here, where political and civic consciousness is kidnapped by the parties, where the welfare system has been later and less extensive than in northern Europe, perhaps here they have succeeded without palliative measures numbness of youth? Youth unemployment rates in Spain are closer to those of Tunisia and Egypt that of Germany or Denmark, the English job insecurity or low wages or the real absence of rights of workers should push for some form of rebellion, the terrible education system and lack of prospects for young people should bring about a surfeit, a rage, some demonstration, and yet nothing happens here, here only complains when the bottle is prohibited. What about our youth? What have we done with our youth?
(IDEAL, March 24, 2011)