People want to be free from the control freaks in charge of much of the world today. Even the US is/was close to electing an anti-liberty President who wants to control everyone and everything (e.g. fascist, socialist, communist, in short, any form of authoritarian or collectivist).
It isn't a "form of protest" (per the article), it is just people telling other people to leave them alone and stop trying to run their lives.
As Abraham Lincoln said:
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, "You toil and work and earn bread, and I'll eat it." No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle.” - The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
One group believes they have the right to force others to provide for them and Lincoln was right about it being evil and wrong.
In game theo the best and working scenario is
clear simple (minimal) rules set in stone for all
transparency / track collusions (nobody changing rules - sozialist group building)
hard competition (incl global gov / tax systems) and capitalism
We see that some Western countries are quite good here and thats where I d go support Bitcoin
