The proliferation of information technology, together with the unprecedented popular participation that it has fueled, means that electoral minorities have a growing number of increasingly powerful tools at their disposal to organize movements aimed at paralyzing their countries’ governments and even shortening leaders’ terms in office. Indeed, with so much seemingly at stake, a four- or five-year term may seem too long to wait for change.
信息技术的遍地开花及其所助长的前所未有的公共参与意味着少数派选民拥有了越来越多的越来越强大的工具来组织旨在让国家政府陷入瘫痪甚至缩短国家领导人执政时间的运动。事实上，由于其中所牵涉的利益太大，四年或五年的任期对于等待改变的人来说太长了。