Congratulations. You ought to have all the minarchists out there converted in short order, right?

But to clarify my thesis:
I think there is a different tone to this revolution than there was during, say, the ousting of the French from Algeria in the fifties and sixties. The anti-imperialist/colonialist fights all over the world were centered around expelling the foreign power. The autocrats were accepted mostly because they weren’t French or English. Now, I see this revolution as not accepting even native overlords. Each citizen feels truly empowered to stake a claim for his own life and his own liberty, and he’s not going to accept the overreach of a dictator.

The Internet is just the mechanism that sped up this affirmation of human rights, I think. It also significantly reduced the “cost” of starting a revolution. There’s no one instant or website you could point to that would be responsible for this. Cultural shift is large, usually slow, and imperceptible until it reaches a flashpoint.

I feel like the Internet was used as a tool for organizing and not as much for disseminating the ideal of revolution. The thought of revolution has been in the air since imperialism, and the 2008 garment workers strike led by the April 6th Youth Movement demonstrates that. The January 25th protest was planned last year. A cable leaked by wikileaks shows the US knew about all this but didn’t take it seriously. But that was before the Tunisian uprising galvanized the people of the Arab world. In Tunisia the Internet was more used to get information out (and in) but in Egypt it was more used to organize.

Also, I don’t think the media is paying enough attention to the trade unionist, the A6YM, socialist and the anarchist that are playing pivotal rolls in these demonstrations. The media has latched onto the Muslim Brotherhood (who are way watered down and not at all like the MB in other Arab countries) and made this all about them. They weren’t even supportive of the protests until last Friday. Also, the MB is calling for a secular Egypt from my understanding.

Regulation is the cause for over priced food? Really? The 2007-2008 food crisis was caused by a lack of regulation in the finical industry. Come on man, you’re a libertarian and you didn’t mention agriculture subsidizes.