Egypt: The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted
Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post | February 1st, 2011
Egyptian society is comprised of a wealthy ruling elite at the top, a small Islamic fundamentalist element at the bottom and in between, masses of unpoliticized ordinary citizens. ++ Despite the government's recent decision to shut down the Internet, demonstrations continued unabated. ++ Notwithstanding recent hype about the impact of social media, "the uprising in Cairo is a very old-fashioned, almost 19th-century revolution: People see other people going out on the streets and decide to join them." ++
