Net neutrality on the internet is one contingency:
FREE SPEECH TRENCHES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2518240/posts
Karl Popper might shed some light on your question.
The goal: a closed society [elites ruling the peons]. If pro-peon arguments sound silly, great — let them keep yammering. But if the pro-peons get too persuasive, Popper believes in using force to end it.
Inside the Brain of Soros [his inspiration — Karl Popper]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2511282/posts?page=1
http://joytiz.com/2010/soros-idol-suppress-disagreement-by-force