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Originally Posted by lupin..the..3rd
Not really. The death toll for these protests is over 200, with over 1000 injured. Had he elected to stay in power, the people would have stormed the palace and killed him, and his wife. Mubarak knew this all too well, which is why he fled the palace by helicopter last week. Social media and the internet just gave status updates to the world, like a virtual tv new reporter- They were not an influencing factor in anything, nor did they displace traditional weapons in any way.
But it does make for a clever sign.
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Not really. While the sign is a clever sales pitch for social media, the media itself allows numbers to organize replacing fire-power when conditions permit.