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"They have a sense that they have no future, and that's the heart of it," she said. "There are a lot of young people who are out here demanding that their future be given back to them."
Well, actually OWS was inspired by Spanish Indignados that began in May. Which in turn was inspired by the Arab Spring, that began in Tunisia when Mohamed Bouazizi self immolated last december: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi
*edit: which in turn was just the spark to fire the discontent against the Tunisian goverment that was already at a boiling point due to Wikileaks embassy cables.