I am really surprised you  haven`t received many comments here, in Bulgaria many people think they really understand politics.
I think the main problem in Bulgaria at the  moment is that according to the statistics  Bulgarians actually get as salary about 30% of what they actually earn working. Many companies are owned by people without education and culture. All they care about is getting more money now, they don`t care about the future or about their workers. That is why the salaries in Bulgaria are impossibly low.  And although it is very common to badmouth the time before 1989, the truth is, people had much more money and higher standard of living back then. So the problem is not only that people have very little now, it is also that they are used to having much more. The problem with politicians is that they care about and protect only the interests of the rich people, they don`t really care about the normal people. And with the setting themselves on fire, the media is making it look  heroic (it is really irresponsible of them, but they don`t seem to care about that) and many people are really depressed and desperate.