In all of these countries, a significant portion of the population had abandoned their faith in the ideological constructs of power, just as previous generations had abandoned the belief in the divine right of kings. These populations turned against a corrupt ruling elite. They lost hope for a better future unless those in power were replaced. And they seized in a revolutionary moment upon an ideal--one that was often more emotional than intellectual--that allowed them to defy established power. This revolutionary sentiment, as much a mood as an idea, is again on the march.