Yes, you are right, most revolutions are driven by the middle classes. If they see they have nothing left to lose, then... BOOM! Like Greece? Well, the system survives there, too. Here, in Ireland, we also had the 'bail-out' and 'austerity', and a lot of people did lose their pensions, hospitals are closing, towns are losing police stations etc. Yet people here do not protest about it as in Greece, and they seem to swallow it more easily. I don't know the reason, but it seems we are more easy to keep in line. Sure, there have been protests, but nothing violent. Give us a something about the 'national question' (Northern Ireland), and then we'll riot, but otherwise, forget it!
Perhaps the thing is that there is no widespread scarcity of food - isn't that the spark that often starts revolutions, too? We have plenty of food in Europe, and I don't see that changing. I suppose if there were serious environmental factors food prices could go up, and so food could become too expensive for some, but the EU already has the Common Agricultural Policy, which is essentially a 'cheap food' policy, and that guards against food prices going so high. Perhaps that's why we have the CAP, after all - to stymie revolt against the European 'project'!
