Collapse of dictatorships through people power revolutions expedited by science and technology
Collapse of dictatorships through people power revolutions expedited by science and technology
By poseidonsciences, on February 24th, 2011
Non-violent civil disobedience is not new. It was happening already in many instances long before and made more widespread by Gandhi against British rule in India. But, it was never in the scale seen in the last 25 years. Why such a phenomenon only in the last 25 years? Repressive regimes have been around for millennia and people suffered through successions of regimes—good and bad—without triggering a massive popular revolt. What made the last 25 years so different?
I suppose dictators can blame it partially on science and technology!
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