The problem with the current state of society is that we don't know whether this is normal or not. We never had a society, ever, that had something like the int

The problem with the current state of society is that we don't know whether this is normal or not. We never had a society, ever, that had something like the internet. So I think it is very likely that applying all the old ideas to a new world will not get us far. But yeah, in the end having people that care enough to do something is always a precondition for keeping a society free.