I didn't know there was a "kill switch" for the Internet. It think it could only be done at the ISP level and I don't think they'd be too eager to cut power to thir customers Internet access not to mention all the ad revenue they make.off of it. I imagine they'd lose millions per day if they did. It's probably just the power they want you to think they have...
I asked someone with very minor IT abilities about this once. They said:”There’s always a work-around.”
It’s not just ad revenue. How much banking and general bill paying is done via Internet? How much actual merchandise is sold? How many people make their living online? Books? Movies? TV? Music? Even the MSM is becoming all electronic.
If we become like China with firewall controls that curtail research and discussion, how long before the talented overcome the filters? If they think TOR and the Deep Web are the wild west now, just think about what happens when EVERYONE is actively evading censors. Nothing at all will get done as every po’d coder decides to harass the PTB.
Outlaw the Internet and we _all_ become outlaws. They need to become careful what they wish for. They can force us into a single Global State and the next Civil War will be a planet-wide revolution.
There are many ways to restrict the free flow of information between free people other than simply turning off the internet via a “kill switch.” They can require user verification and disallow the use of aliases. After which they could use social pressure such as the threat of job loss to quiet troublesome voices. They can close out individual voices on the internet to remove leaders. They have already done this on Facebook and Twitter. They can make false posts in your name as they have done on Reddit. They can use fines and threats of incarceration against persons and web site owners that spread “fake news” as they already do against “hate speech.” Geert Wilders ring a bell? They can attack voices they don’t like by spreading false information against them and damaging their reputations. They can attack the computer(s) of persons they don’t like. They can restrict the travel of persons and harass them via the IRS. This has also already been done. They have many resources and can legally operate in the dark - just the thought of having these resources directed against you would quiet many people.