Actually it's perfect. How long did it take rulers to go from fighting the printing press to using it for propaganda and their own ambitions? The internet has just speed run that same course.
> How long did it take rulers to go from fighting the printing press to using it for propaganda and their own ambitions?
Probably the moment something negative was published about them.
> The internet has just speed run that same course
And citizen journalism has never been more powerful.
There will be no invention of man that will eliminate jealousy, avarice or hatred. Objectively I'd rather be alive today than at any point in our recorded history.
How many people are involved in ISPs, data centers, and other internet backbones? Most people are consumers rather than producers or "printing press" operators.
You just broadcast your voice to millions of people, became instantly archived in google and several other sites, all at zero direct cost to yourself, other than the monthly access fee.
There is an obvious distinction.
Finally I'd ask you to observe the entirety of social media's existence.