Traditional versus modern, urban versus rural, intellectuals versus the peasantry: these divisions are the stuff of political cliché. But, all too often, clichés become established because they are true.
Shahbag的年轻人大多数受过教育的中产阶级城市居民；Hifazat的支持主要来自农村贫困人口。传统对现代，城市对农村，知识分子对农民——这些分歧早已是政治的陈词滥调。但是，陈词滥调往往会成为现实，因为它们是事实。