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Will these revolutions be whole like through the transitions to democracy or be overtaken by military or extremists of all kinds?
這些革命是否能引領國家向民主過渡,它們的勝利果實會不會被軍方或者各種極端分子攫取？
We cannot tell.
我們無法預測。
Same works for the Western sector, where you can see all of these excited young people protesting around the world,
發生在西方社會的抗議也是如此，有很多激憤的年輕人四處抗議，
occupying this, occupying that.
一會兒占領這個，一會兒占領那個。
Are they going to become the world wave?
他們會引領世界的潮流嗎？
Are they going to find their skills, their enthusiasm,
他們是會用自己的能力、熱情和策略，
and their strategy to find what they really want and push for the reform, or will they just stay complaining about the endless list of the things they hate?
去追尋理想，推動改革還是會繼續抱怨他們憎恨的無數現象？
This is the difference between two towns.
這兩者有云泥之別。
Now, what the statistics have?
數據顯示出什么樣的發展趨勢呢？
My friend's book, Maria Stephan's book,
我的朋友Maria Stephan的書，
talks a lot about violent and nonviolent struggle,
探討了與暴力和非暴力斗爭有關的大量問題，
and there are some shocking data.
也包含著一些驚人的數據。
If you look at the last 35 years and different social transitions from dictatorship to democracy,
過去35年中在不同的國家一共發生了67次，
you will see that out of 67 different cases,
從獨裁到民主的社會變革，
in 50 of these cases it was nonviolent struggle which was the key power.
其中有50次是通過非暴力斗爭實現的，因此，非暴力斗爭能起到非常關鍵的作用。
This is one more reason to look at this phenomenon.
從這個角度來看，當今世界正在發生的事情值得關注。
This is one more reason to look at the Generation Epsilon,
從這個角度來看，年輕一代值得關注，
enough for me to give them credit and hope that they will find their skills and their courage to use the nonviolent struggle nd thus fix at least a part of the mess our generation is making in this world.
我相信他們有希望用自己的能力和勇氣通過非暴力斗爭解決一部分我們這代人給世界帶來的問題。
Thank you.
謝謝。
