Politics has been chaos since the first tribal elders. We just happen to have only lived in this era of politics so we think it's unique.

I don't agree. Not all periods in history are the same, nor has politics always been chaos, although I'm not sure what you mean by that. There have been times of general world stability and times of unrest.

In 1848 nearly every country in Europe experienced some form of revolution or rebellion - a time of great unrest. A century earlier, in the mid-1700s, Europe's nobility oversaw a period of continuity and stability (albeit at the expense of the vast majority of the working people and the middle classes) - not a time of unrest.

The Arab countries of the Middle East have gone decades under the same governments and leaders, with almost no significant anti-government agitation by their populations. This year at least 16 Arab countries have seen revolutions, rebellions, protests, demonstrations, strikes, marches or rallies.

Since these things have not happened on this scale in the Arab Middle East, they are, by definition, unique.

-The Arab Spring - protests, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen.
-Rioting in London and major British cities.
-250,000 Israelis set up tent villages protesting the high cost of living in Israel.
-Tens of thousands of Chilean students take to the streets for months, protesting the high cost of education.
-Strikes and rioting in Greece
-The Tea Party movement in the U.S.