When people are deprived of freedom or food or fuel or any other dire necessity, they will rise in protest. Currently, there are massive protests, especially by the youth, in France, Albania, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Morocco and Portugal — and India. The government is blamed because it is not seen as doing enough to mitigate the crisis or rectify the wrongs. Some protests in Europe have turned violent which is deplorable.

In the United States, people complain that food prices are “unaffordable” and fuel prices have become “unbearable”. Mr Trump is blamed. In France, people complain of deprivation of a good eduction because of poor school facilities and teacher shortages. Mr Macron is blamed. In Albania, the complaint is about surrendering a precious wetland ecosystem to an American capitalist for commercial exploitation. Mr Edi Rama is blamed.…