There's a Riot Goin On II

Megan McArdle emerges from hours studying Egypt through the eyes of CNN and lets us know that there is no dominate theory about why riots topple states and governments. Not to get all technical but the reason there is no dominate theory is because each case is different and consequently the success or failure of a given mass protest, riot, or other spontaneous popular uprising would have all what's to do with the concrete situation.  And, as by the way, did you know that sometimes mass popular events stopped coups d'etat?  It's true.