The world is angry, yes, but what are we going to to about it?

In France, with many factories closing, a wave of executive hostage-taking – "boss napping", as this new fangled crime is called – is agitating boardrooms and police across the country. In the United States, big bonuses given to executives from firms receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts – the insurance giant AIG, in particular – has infuriated public opinion, with a populist press and Congress fuelling popular rage.

Similarly, in Britain, an increasingly inquisitive and critical public is now lumping together bankers and MPs in a common climate of suspicion. Is the current crisis creating or revealing a growing split between rulers and ruled? More...

See also:

1. The French boss-napping phenomenon...
2. Social unrest in Europe: is the State trembling?
3. A nation of cowards, America?
4. That's the way it is. Or is it?
5. I'm mad as hell, I'm not going to take this anymore...
6. We're the Government: and you're not! Get it?