We did move beyond it, and what we got for it was covert operations infiltrating social media to influence national elections, along with various large organiza

We did move beyond it, and what we got for it was covert operations infiltrating social media to influence national elections, along with various large organizations suffering ransomware and other hacking over the last few years. Even if you could go back to the wild west days of the 90s, most people these days would just complain about how people could go ahead and say whatever they wanted without being cancelled. We started with the dream you're referring to, and it couldn't stand up to the crappiness of reality.