all the time. you know what kind of repression is needed to keep the lid on in egypt. we see what is happening in south africa, we see what's happening in cuba. and i think it is the long—noted demographic bulge. there's so many people, young people who want more, who, through the internet, through intervention by the united states and the g7 powers, been opened up to the idea of democracy, but their daily lives are ground down by horrendous corruption. and covid has given them a spark to come into the streets and say, "no, we will not live like this any more." it is sweeping these parts of the world where we have had a great deal of influence since, i'd say, the early 19905. and yet another reason why this whole question of global