Well, it's not that awesome yet I still have to patch it up into a publishable form..
Of course it does seem surprising that the Bush/Cheney government didn't realise how quickly people caught on to what was happening. Yes, they must have expected some negative press but the rate at which opinion changed certainly has much to do with the ability of online communications to provide information with multiple sources of verification (and hooray for quality institutions like google scholar and wikipedia).
On the other side of the coin, it does seem that to a large extent however the lessons of how effective industrial and direct action can be has largely been forgotten. Enraged citizenry serves no purpose except for an ulcer if that justifiable rage is not directed in an effective manner.
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Date: 2008-12-11 02:16 am (UTC)Of course it does seem surprising that the Bush/Cheney government didn't realise how quickly people caught on to what was happening. Yes, they must have expected some negative press but the rate at which opinion changed certainly has much to do with the ability of online communications to provide information with multiple sources of verification (and hooray for quality institutions like google scholar and wikipedia).
On the other side of the coin, it does seem that to a large extent however the lessons of how effective industrial and direct action can be has largely been forgotten. Enraged citizenry serves no purpose except for an ulcer if that justifiable rage is not directed in an effective manner.