the end of the world (as we know it) -- 2

Social unrest has taken over the political and economic world. 

First, there is the Arab Spring. Triggered by youth dissatisfaction, decades-long heads of state in Western Asia and Northern Africa have been toppled and replaced with untested leaders. Once the dust and the sand have settled, we'll see the repercussions of such social upheavals: will these new leaders install changes that will improve the lives of people on the streets or has the movement only succeeded in replacing old tyrants with new ones? 

Then, there is the Occupy Movement mainly in the developed countries. These places are the pillars of democracy, of freedom of speech, of equality. Using these liberties, participants have set up camp across the United States and in other key cities around the world, protesting what they perceive as unfair treatment to them by their governments and by the business world, if I understood their case correctly. Like the Arab Spring, some of the protests have resulted in bloodshed and in death.

With all these protests, riots, and violence taking over the internet and the headlines, TIME magazine has recognized The Protester as 2011's Person-of-the-Year.

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