The Pain of Spain

George Friedman writes for RealClearWorld about the dilemma of Southern Europe, with youth unemployment rates running close to 50%. He writes of driving in Spain and finding the roads nearly deserted. Of seeing middle class young men begging.

Friedman believes this level of youth unemployment will lead to anomie, even to rage, as it did during the Great Depression. See what he concludes:

Driving in Spain, things look quiet, neat and empty. But in that emptiness there is something ominous, perhaps not so much post-apocalyptic as pre-apocalyptic. Spain is still under control, and the European elite still believe an answer will be found. But I don't see the path that leads to the redemption of a generation's hopes. 

As a person who is interested in the direction the world is taking, perhaps you might read Friedman's article.