More on digitally driven asymmetric conflict (what a complicated name)

"However, in digitally driven asymmetric conflict the leaders of a nation state are greatly weakened.  At the same time, there may not be any agreed or authoritative spokesperson(s) for the demonstrators to nurture and to hold accountable for a smooth and safe transition to the required result. Therefore, such forms of leaderless revolution may inevitably lead either to chaos immediately or in the short term.  Inevitably there is compromise, an attempted unsustainable solution, and then chaos again, until a new strong leader or leadership team emerges.  This process may be all for the good in the long run, but it will definitely be painful in the short term.

When Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1976, was asked for his assessment of the 1789 French Revolution, he said, "It is too early to say!" 

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-achieve-peace-digitally-driven-asymmetric-conflict-via-self-assembling-dynamic-networks-2011-1#ixzz1Cdd1fqDU