Of course it is deliberate.
Look at how organized ALEC was, and used in state after state after state.
Meanwhile, the states/countires which are not currently in the same mess just figure "it won't happen here"
until it does.

Ha..I remember so clearly when folks were pointing to "Global Control" and being laughed at.

still cannot be mentioned except in this group and that strange one.
I continue to get smirked at.

Their 1% has sold them down the river already.

soon before there is nothing left to fight for, is that people all over the world unite, go Global, strike, demand prosecutions, name the criminals, file Global Class action suits against Goldman Sachs et al, but it will need to be a Global effort because we are all dealing with Global Cartels whose practices make the Mafia, or former invading armies, look like child's play.

The reaction to any effort by the people to finally put a stop to their criminal takeover of all these countries is likely to be brutal.

They certainly went wild over OWS, it seemed out of proportion until you realize that the biggest threat to their criminal schemes IS a uniting of the people in very large numbers, against them.

he pointed to the lack of revolt/riots/even loud protests in Cyprus about the bank closings and the rip-off
as one reason to support the idea of a "template".

I point to this:

"...But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane..." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1910

all it needs is a spark to ignite it. He needs to look at history. These changes do not happen out of the blue. There is always a catalyst, a confluence of events when everything seems to come together, things that have been simmering, suddenly boil over.

He should take a look at how things were before the American Revolution or the French Revolution. I am sure the Brits wished they had paid more attention to the signs, which they were getting for a long time. They ignored them, they were arrogant, just like the French, secure in the belief that the people were sufficiently 'in their place' not to go beyond their polite requests.

And things were nowhere near as widespread with the potential for so many more people to join the explosion when it happens.

But let them keep thinking that way. They are off guard, although I'm sure they believe they are prepared, robo cops and all.