People can now use more modern tools to express their opposition
Arrogantly facing a line of policemen or running away from them when they decide to charge, standing in front of a military tank, these actions may be spectacular and even fun, but maybe they are no longer the most efficient way of protesting. At least there may now exist some other ways.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
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Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
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Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet »Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet
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Web campaigns disengage youth from protests »Web campaigns disengage youth from protests
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Online activism is less effective than offline activism »Online activism is less effective than offline activism
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Efficient political action by the people must take place on the street »Efficient political action by the people must take place on the street
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This may have been true a long time ago, but things have changed »This may have been true a long time ago, but things have changed
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People can now use more modern tools to express their opposition
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Cost-benefit analysis may be as convincing as violence »Cost-benefit analysis may be as convincing as violence
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