I have seen firsthand, what division forced on nations does to people and can tell you that it will not benefit us. It serves the interests of few at the expense of many. It sows mistrust and suspicion and it feeds animosity.
The idea of the shared platforms, Open Source, the Internet (not ARPANET) and the World Wide Web, was always intended to erase the division lines, make collaboration easier and allow for those who happen to be on the wrong side of the border to partake, as well as share. It created markets and developed ties. It increases our interdependence and reduced the likelihood of apocalyptic armed conflicts.
The nature of interconnected systems, while does not preclude smaller bad actors from doing their deeds (that’s how we ended up here), keeps heavyweights ultimately interested in keeping them running.
When technology approaching status of utility is being yanked out from those relying on it, even with advanced warnings, what effect do you suppose it is going to achieve?
If you’ll look at the list of international scientific publications in the past 20 years, you see people from otherwise not too friendly countries increasingly collaborating on fundamental issues and major developments. This is for all of us, for the present and future generations, for the betterment of the mankind.
By enforcing political agendas du jour through our globally present technology giants, we are losing perspective and are shooting ourselves in the foot.
