If governments fail to respond to these basic demands, citizens take to the streets, often destructively. This summer in Guinea, for example, citizens’ frustration with widespread poverty and weak institutions, memories of ethnic persecution, and distrust of unfamiliar democratic processes fueled violent protests.
当然，在现实世界中，这些国家的政治经济要求的是短期成果，最基本的便是饮用水和电力。如果政府不能满足这些基本需求，公民就会走上街头，并且引发破坏性后果。比如，今年夏天，由于普遍的贫困和制度缺失、种族迫害阴魂不散以及对不熟悉的民主进程的不信任，圭亚那人民走上了街头，引发了暴力示威。