Past experience relevant
The fact autocratic regimes have been strengthened by technologies such as radio in the past implies this will also apply to the internet.
This is a key unstated premise in Wu's argument - an enthymeme.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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Does the internet favor dictators or dissenters? »Does the internet favor dictators or dissenters?
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Pessimistic view »Pessimistic view
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Arguments from history »Arguments from history
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Autocratic capture - Internet as a 'political instrument' »Autocratic capture - Internet as a 'political instrument'
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Past experience relevant
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Internet not like radio »Internet not like radio
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In a context of exponential change, arguments from history are weak »In a context of exponential change, arguments from history are weak
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