> because the medium was largely out of the direct control of most citizens This is still the case with the Internet. Who do you think subsidized the construc

> because the medium was largely out of the direct control of most citizens This is still the case with the Internet. Who do you think subsidized the construction of the physical Internet infrastructure? And most of the major pipes and cables are owned and operated by large megacorps that work closely with governments. It's not like citizens ran the fibre optic cables themselves and now the government wants to come in and take over.