Is part of this the extension of Internet benefits to those who now cannot afford them, in order to skew public opinion toward the poor and young and powerless—i.e., those who tend to be leftist in their politics?
I don’t think that this will happen, because an “alternate Internet” will be created, if not from the top down, then from the bottom up. Such a thing may already exist, heh heh. Remember, the internet protocol was designed to survive military attack, it can certainly survive evil politicians.