It's because they hate our freedoms - sadly. This only going to result in a giant leap backwards in time to 30 years ago when there was a patchwork of networks

It's because they hate our freedoms - sadly. This only going to result in a giant leap backwards in time to 30 years ago when there was a patchwork of networks (with universities providing the main internet backbone) but now the networks will be segmented by country - much, much more convenient for governments at the expense of everything and everyone else.