> all attempts at controlling the Internet will converge on surveillance and censorship, which is why all this stuff matters

it really boils down to this sadly, and it should be pretty obvious shouldn't it?

i'm finding it befuddling that even technical audiences seem to resist connecting those dots, but strong motivated reasoning is at play: these are audiences that will often feel it will be them who will be in control, and they're also emotionally nudged by the idea of child safety