This statement rings the truest in all that you have written. And, discontent, it’s always been around. We just have a generation that has more information and a different set of values than previous generations and more willing to speak up and fight. A generation willing to take matters into their hands and not rely on the elites — this is how liberation comes about.
The words of Malcolm X ring true, “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.'”