Spain Revolution

Myles here, and like I said on the Facebook page I've been doing some research on the Spanish protests and riots that have been going on for over a year now.  Now from a basic standpoint it looks like your normal attempt for a revolution, similar to what went on in Egypt in 2011, so you might think "Oh what ever its just people fighting for their human rights."  I'm going to ask you to look beyond that though, because once you actually read up on it you realize that it started over a year ago.  There has to be something more to it with such an extensive time span that it occupies.

Now theres a few things they're fighting for.  It sounds like they're unhappy with welfare cuts and politicians, pretty average things to protest about.  Of course, however, theres no such thing as a revolt without some good old fashioned police brutality to really keep things going, this always gets more attention but always worsens the problem at hand (which governments have surprisingly yet to figure out).  Now, it may just be me, but after over a year I find it incomprehensible as to why or how the government hasn't just collapsed under pressure yet.  If any of you guys have the answer I'm intrigued to know.  Any opinions or key points that I'm missing, write them in the comments below.  Also, if you live in Spain, I would absolutely love to hear your perspective on it, post it in Spanish if you need to I speak the language so it won't be a problem.