The party represents a growing demand for change, by overthrowing the current political elites with their institutionalised ‘corruption’ and replacing it with the modernity of a new generation of people, who have grown up in the age of technology and unfettered free market capitalism. “They must all go…!” Grillo exclaims to crowds of enthusiasts. What the ‘Five Star Movement’ symbolizes is the awakening of the public’s consciousness to a dying political system.