[Rockingham]

There is no doubt much to what you have related. Yet large scale popular discontent tends to have contradictory elements. The violence, for example, is not reformist but stems from radical Left anarchists.

Moreover, it is not at all clear what goals the reformist protesters have. Less corruption? More political turnover? More freedom? Or is the primary objection simply that harsh austerity is now unavoidable?

[RightOnline]

Well-said, great questions. I think a lot of their problem seems to be a lack of a viable, cohesive opposition with a REAL plan....and a commitment to non-violent opposition, I hasten to add.