Comment by phendrenad2

"Freedom exists in the tension between equals" - TFM (one of those "self-described libertarians" this article speaks of).

Simply by being powerful, the US became the weapon of choice by the worst people to censor and block anyone they didn't like (socialists, libertarians).

Now that there is a multipolar world, with competing principles and goals, it's a lot more work to evict your enemies from the entire internet.