The "new world order" announced at the end of the 1980s was the shortest
in history. Protest, riots and uprisings erupted all over the world
after the 2008 crisis, leading to the Arab spring, the Indignados and
Occupy. A former director of operations at MI6, quoted by Paul Mason,
called it "a revolutionary wave, like 1848". Mason agreed: "There are strong parallels – above all with 1848, and with the wave of discontent that preceded 1914."
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