I agree that there is an overwhelming sense of lack of direction. Combined with a generally increasing spirit of revolt, it's a very dangerous mix. It's made e

I agree that there is an overwhelming sense of lack of direction. Combined with a generally increasing spirit of revolt, it's a very dangerous mix. It's made even more dangerous by the fact that commentators quite consistently miss the really dangerous problems, which are unemployment and (to a somewhat lesser degree) stagnant real wages, and the huge inequality with which people are affected by them. Those are the real reasons that really drive people into to the streets, because they actually affect their lives. Even you managed to miss those problems - though I don't blame you. It's easy to become distracted by all the reporting about everything else. All those other things: stagnant stock market, ineffective fed, high government debt levels? They don't affect people's lives. They're not the reason why people are taking to the streets. But the fact that there is such a huge disconnect between what the media is talking about and what the people who are protesting ultimately care about, the discussion isn't moving forward. As a result, people are unable to articulate well-focused demands, and that's what really worries me. Revolts and revolutions are always dangerous, but unfocused revolutions? Those are really scary.