Quanto mais um ditador se agarra ao Poder...

...maior será a desagregação e perda de legitimidade do aparato Estatal que susteve o seu regime, no momento em que o ditador finalmente sai de cena. Ditadores teimosos originam revoluções mais profundas.

1704 The BBC's Lyse Doucet says there is a power vacuum in Cairo, a sprawling metropolis of 12 million people. In some neighbourhoods there is a situation of anarchy, with police stations ransacked and looted, and weapons stolen. In other neighbourhoods, residents have formed vigilante committees, and civilians are even directing traffic. The police are nowhere to be seen.