An End in Sight?

We have finally had demonstrating in Croatia. On a very limited and small scale, reflecting the saying of a friend we are capable but of farts in front of TV.
But, reading again today, I stumbled upon the sentence to the effect that "a long, protracted, unsuccessful revolution is the worst that can befall society".
And, indeed, this country is used to conformism; it is its second nature. People opt for less paid but safe administration jobs, for instance, or use contacts to secure employment for their kid, in the old-school manner - and then grumble all is not well.
Recently revivied is the perennial fad that youngsters' behaviour is appalling. But the previous generation is to be directly blamed for this. They offer no role model and can even be pronounced to be extremely unsuccessful in their naive "let's play some capitalism" game.
But perhaps the worst is the fact that each would accept the same rules if to own benefit. It is not the sense of what's wrong that is the inspiration behind the discontent - it's the personal failure of many.