Free access to information isn't necessary for revolutions to succeed
Free access to information isn't necessary or even important to toppling corrupt regimes, says Morozov — this is a shibboleth of Reaganites and their sentimental view of Samizdat, Radio Free Europe and other cold war information efforts.
The Soviet Union didn't fall because of political organising, brave dissidents, or photocopied zines – it fell because it was a badly run nightmare that lurched from crisis to crisis until it imploded.