That's what the mainstream chose, not what technology was by itself.

The "moralistic tyranny" is arguably the natural consequence of how humans are, but technology is what allowed it to scale.

	▲	corimaith 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		No. The old internet had it's problems, but they maintained the boundary between the net and reality. The mainstream didn't, and I believe the attitudes of that larger society are circumstancial and shaped by certain forces.