There is a moderately-large group on the political right trying to build "the parallel economy", but it's a nigh impossible task, because you have to start at t

There is a moderately-large group on the political right trying to build "the parallel economy", but it's a nigh impossible task, because you have to start at the very bottom of the stack. You can't start at the internet service level, because Cloudflare will stop you. You can't start at the Cloudflare level either, because the peering services and the payment rails will stop you. You have to start all the way at the bottom of the stack by building a parallel financial system first, then parallel networking, then parallel internet infrastructure, and only then parallel user services. And you'll need parallel browsers, on parallel mobile operating systems, on parallel hardware, on parallel telephone networks. Current oligopolies at all of these levels have demonstrated willingness to apply political-cultural censorship at various times. In order to "build your own", you have to actually make an entire parallel economic system. Edit: In the incredibly unlikely event that the parallel economy is successfully built, it will not increase societal cohesiveness to have a bifurcated society, where what "side" you are on determines what banks you can use, what phone networks you use, and, for all practical purposes, which internet you are on. Overall, it is better for society if the parallel economy is not needed.