But, from the start of the uprising in February 2011, Libya has been politically atomized. It lacks the sort of civil society that could have led the uprising and planted the seeds for post-authoritarian politics, as was the case in Tunisia and (more problematically) Egypt.
要避免这些结果，首先需要一个强大的政治中心。但是，从2011年2月起义爆发以来，利比亚就一直处于政治分散状态。利比亚缺少能够担起起义领导重任、种下后独裁时期政治根基的公民社会，这一问题在突尼斯和埃及（更加严重）也出现过。