What I read in Dutch news papers is that research has shown that mass movements likely result in revolution. However, with social media, it is easier to create a large following. Sadly, this following is also more fleeing, especially since these uprisings lack a leader or other organisational attributes.

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Iran’s rulers claim without evidence that foreign governments are behind the unrest. acled’s data show that the movement is too broad for this to be credible. Protests have persisted for months, and reached all over the country. Although episodes of this scale do not always lead to regime change, they do tend to foreshadow even greater political turmoil. Iran has not seen the degree of unrest that often follows such protests since its revolution in 1979.

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Would love for Biden to encourage the protesters but he’s too busy trading arms dealers for anti American athletes