The Middle East’s demographic youth bulge is well known, but no one predicted that its members would mobilize social media and cell phones to topple long-established dictators. The technologies of the Internet were thought to fragment societal forces rather than unite them in a common cause.
中东青年人口膨胀早已人所共知，但谁也没有料到青年人能够利用手机和社会媒体来推翻根深蒂固的独裁者。 互联网技术被视为分裂社会的力量，而不是把人们集合起来为了共同的事业奋斗。 而且人们认为政府也太过残暴，就像我们在利比亚看到的那样，这些独裁政府不会坐以待毙。