I'm noticing a positive feedback cycle... The politicians enact more tech regulation and censorship laws which cause the people to be more uneducated which cause the people go vote in uneducated politicians that vote for more short sighted regulation and censorship which only reduces the debate and information available in a society etc.

I can't quite say how freeing the internet will fix 90% of problems, but I have a feeling it just will. Words are just that, the idea that certain words have a guaranteed effect on people is just a justification pushed by the government for more censorship. I truly believe that people can govern themselves. And even if they can't do that, I still believe that an anarchical regime is the most stable state of nature. Someone, somewhere with tact will pick up the microphone on the internet, cultivate an audience, and start a trend or push a school of thought that will at the very least place everyone under scrutiny and make nothing sacred. Because only the people in power get to decide what is sacred and not. The elephant in the room will be addressed someday… I have a bit of hope. And even if it doesn't change reality, it will at least change people's perspectives, mine included.