I definitely agree that within democratic states, people will generally see and enjoy a relatively open and democratic Internet, reflective of their nation's la

I definitely agree that within democratic states, people will generally see and enjoy a relatively open and democratic Internet, reflective of their nation's laws and values. However, I suspect you'll find much more inspection going in and out of national borders. You'll see stricter laws about hosting data in the country you're operating in, and more servers will blanket ban access from outside of their intended service area. Consider that if my site serves a local area only, I eliminate a very large portion of potential attackers by simply dropping all traffic not originating from an IP in my country of origin. So if I don't believe there's value to leaving that open... it's honestly silly to do so.