>I wonder how much of it is also due to technologies making this possible. The centralisation of a huge chunk of communications via a few massive actors makes t

>I wonder how much of it is also due to technologies making this possible. The centralisation of a huge chunk of communications via a few massive actors makes this kind ideas enforceable. At the time of the US revolution most communication was centralised in the postal service, monitored by the British. That's one of the reasons for the first amendment.