The federation I imagine would have a transport mechanism like Ye Olde Usenet, but a sophisticated application layer like reddit's. If ISPs had local reddit/im

The federation I imagine would have a transport mechanism like Ye Olde Usenet, but a sophisticated application layer like reddit's. If ISPs had local reddit/imgur/Facebook caches from which anyone could run a leaf node, that would be a big selling point, and work towards democratization of the Internet. Open-source the application layer. Use and contribute to standards-based protocols. That's what I mean by Federation. I don't really care if you get there by having tax-funded regional networks, or tons of private ISPs from big multinationals to mom-n-pop shops serving individual communities. We currently live in a Republic where the masses have some degree of representation through government committees and administrations, but really it's a handful of big-money private interests with the most in the game.