Occupy protestors throng World Economic Forum

In many countries, prospects for prosperity are increasingly fragile. Trust in presidents and CEOs, and the systems they represent, is drying up.

Uncertainty lurks for the eurozone, and for Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea as well.

And now the Occupy movement has come to the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of 2,600 decision-makers from nearly 100 countries and hundreds of companies that starts on Wednesday.

The Occupy protesters are bringing a mix of grievances, inspired by protests that started around Wall Street last year and spread to cities around the world.

The Occupy activists have gathered in Davos. They have found a unique way of protesting. They are building igloos and staying inside them.

The main purpose of the igloo camp is to highlight that WEF is not a democratic institution. It does not have legitimacy.

One of their banners reflected the disillusionment in developed democracies: "If voting could change anything it would be illegal."