Could this happen in the UK/US/Europe?
Fragment of a discussion from Comments:Egypt anti-government protests continue, Internet shut down
Considering that none of the European, nor the United States governments are dictatorships, I'd say no, unless one of them goes mad, etc. Something very unlikely.
Historically, most (all?) of the 1930s dictatorships were elected rather complacently. I don't think any revolutions happened in western Europe, even when the dictators were pretty evil.
— μ 12:03, 31 January 2011 (UTC)