Politicians want power over people in the country, but also internet technology is one of the only things the US is best at, and so we don't want the entire world dividing into separate internet silos.
(The other things we're best at is having a huge military and having legally protected free speech, which is ironically being weakened, as you say.)
Why does it have to scratchpad your itch? You’re welcome to create and maintain your own resource. Have at it, nobody is stopping you and maybe you’ll bring your own ideas and perspective to curating blogs. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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