When Will Social Networking Promote Democracy in the United States?

American social networking innovations such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google (GOOG) have played, and continue to play, important roles in the social movements for change in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and other countries around the globe. The question today is: When will these tools, invented and incubated here in America, be used by U.S. citizens to effectively protest in mass against perceived unjust, unfair, and unwise policies in the United States? For Seeking Alpha readers and investors, a more relevant question is: How could such civil demonstrations in the United States affect investment decisions?