I can't say that I agree with the author's view on this. The American organizations that 'control' the Internet (ICANN, W3C, WHATWG, and even the IEEE, who were

I can't say that I agree with the author's view on this. The American organizations that 'control' the Internet (ICANN, W3C, WHATWG, and even the IEEE, who were involved in the 802.11 standard design) would all more likely create better, more free standards and specifications if they worked as committees from countries which 1. Have no bad blood (so there's no reason to sabotage specs), and 2. Aren't too closely related, either; collaboration can result in a return to the current state of the web.