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I don't think the arab spring had much to do with energy. i think it was just the opposite, in fact. i think the arab spring happened because particularly young people knew they were living in a context where they could not realize their full potential, that they are being kept down by their own governments.
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I Don't Think The Arab Spring Had

Thomas Friedman
I don't think the arab spring had much to do with energy. i think it was just the opposite, in fact. i think the arab spring happened because particularly young people knew they were living in a context where they could not realize their full potential, that they are being kept down by their own governments.
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