My personal feeling: It's sortof inevitable. Governments are subject to economic forces. They can't make the Internet go away by decree. They can make their co

My personal feeling: It's sortof inevitable. Governments are subject to economic forces. They can't make the Internet go away by decree. They can make their country's access go away by decree, but that's economic suicide. For example, does China want to risk giving their citizens access to all the goodies on the other side of the great firewall? But they have to do it to keep up. They will decide that ruling over a prosperous country is worth more to them than being a tyrant.