in the sense the most of the big political uprisings and changes over the last 150 years or so have occurred shortly after the release of new technology in the means of producing and disseminating information.
Our own Revolution was immensely helped by the proliferation of printing presses, and the number of newpapers and political tracts being produced and read.
In the 1800's it was railroads and the telegraph that Lincoln used to win the Civil War.
For Hitler, it was command of the radio waves and the emerging use of audio tape that helped him release speeches and talks in numerous towns simultaneously. Luckily for us, FDR commanded the same techology and used it to actually help our nation stave off fascism for a few years.
TV brought us the Kennedy/Nixon debates, Watergate, and eventually resulted in Reagan's election.
Trump is our first true internet/twitter/social media president. He's a disgusting putz, but he knows how to take advantage of the media available to him. Much like the war college studies the maneuvers of the Germans in WWII, where they had enormous military success before the allies learned how to win, we need to study the strategy, tactics, and technology of our opponents to counter their actions.
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