This does look like the beginning of the 'European Spring', the moment I've been waiting years for and arguing is neccessary.
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia, when Mohamed Bouazizi was trying to make a living as a street vendor. But the Tunisian authorities made it a requirement to be licensed to be a street fruit vendor. And they limited the number o licenses available. In the bidding for the licenses Mohamed Bouazizi could not afford it.
With his livelihood taken from him, he immolated himself in an act of protest. That started the mass protests against tyranny in the Arab world.
Now Spanish youth are starting to rise up. And they are exactly right to, if they don't do something now in a collective movement, most will spend their whole life either outright unemployed or just barely surviving. This in a first world European nation.
The Spanish youth movement has made an incredible breakthrough of thought. Instead of being for the right wing party or for the leftwing party they are against both of them. Which is a much more powerful line of attack. As this left/right divide has been diffusing legitimate resistance for decades. Sadly though, they want 'more democracy'. Which I don't see solving the problems.
The final step is when they are ready to empower one man to solve the problems the nation faces. Like Putin has done in Russia. Once the problems are solved and there is opportunity they will be out there making money and having families. And the money will be there to cover the older people too.
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