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The West Has a Crisis of Hope
As young people take to the streets in countries across Europe, it is important to bluntly name the crisis that afflicts rich Western societies: hopelessness.
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Young people are flooding the streets in multiple European nations, expressing a deepening sense of hopelessness about their societies. Protesters argue that despite working, studying and paying taxes, they struggle to secure dignified employment, wages that support independent life choices, and affordable pathways to home ownership, education for their children, and reasonable healthcare. The piece frames these grievances as a crisis of hope within the Western social market economy, suggesting that growing disillusionment is fueling the broader wave of demonstrations.
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