You're right, these events are often triggered by a combination of factors, and repression of freedoms is often a factor. But I don't see any repression of free

You're right, these events are often triggered by a combination of factors, and repression of freedoms is often a factor. But I don't see any repression of freedoms either. But also consider that it is not necessary for things to be _uniformly_ bad to trigger a large protest. E.g. France is "prosperous" on paper, yet a substantial segment of its population is really hurting, and they blame the "progressive" policies of Macron et al for that.