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> Communications software is powerful enough to put fear in the hearts of political rulers!

Well, yes, is this a surprise? Did you miss the "Arab Spring?" Or the Rohingya massacres?

It's a double-edged sword. It can give you a revolution whether you need it or not or whether it's justified or not.



The internet is the digital equivalent of Guthenberg's press in Europe: on one hand, it ended the cultural primacy of the Catholic Church; on the other hand, it opened the door to hundreds of years of violence over who could reclaim that primacy.

Eventually we will find a new equilibrium, but right now we're in choppy waters.


The Arab Spring was about a decade ago. The poster could have been 8 years old at the time. HN's age range is pretty large.

https://xkcd.com/1053/




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