Yes, it's much better to monitor and manipulate than it is to openly oppose the crowd. The general populace is often bigger than you are. Nowadays, they can coordinate and communicate.
If the Tiananmen protestors had waited until this moment in 2011 to protest, then you would have seen the fall of China. As it is, I suspect that the Chinese government was forced to wise up about controlling an Internet-connected populace.
As for psy-ops and media control, that's been going on since the late 19th century, and was down to a science by the early 20th.
If the Tiananmen protestors had waited until this moment in 2011 to protest, then you would have seen the fall of China. As it is, I suspect that the Chinese government was forced to wise up about controlling an Internet-connected populace.
As for psy-ops and media control, that's been going on since the late 19th century, and was down to a science by the early 20th.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6718420906413643126#