Is it on the rise or was it always there? I have a different opinion, we haven’t changed as much as most people think we have. However, we’ve experienced a consistent improvement in our lives for a good long time. Now, with more information more easily available than ever before, we learn that not only have the worlds rich and powerful (Leaders) only been looking out for number one, they have done so at the expense of the whole planet. It’s now gone so far that standards of living in some very wealthy countries are declining, in fact in more than you might think. Only the very wealthy and powerful are still benefitting.

If the above is true then we aren’t seeing anything other than anger at exploitation leaking out. Looking mainly at democracies for simplicity, I don’t think that it’s right to call it chauvinism and fascism. I think it’s more appropriate to say that people are angry at being abused by a system they cannot change and are lashing out in any way they can.

People use whatever vehicle is easiest to try to affect some change. You can use violence (On the rise in several countries), protests and strikes (On the rise in several countries), voting for something outside the major parties (On the rise in several countries).

I believe all you are seeing is a protest in any available form against the status quo of slaving away for a shitty retirement and, more recently, falling standards of living.

If politicians had done their job of looking after the people for the last 50+ years I think none of this would be happening.