This picture really makes you think. how much longer can these insular nations keep their citizens in the dark? The pace of technological advances is only increasing. People in these countries already have access to international television via satellite so why do they still care about preventing access to the internet? For the same reason that the internet is replacing television in more enlightened societies. Television is a very entertaining medium but it is inherently passive. The internet allows for realtime interaction between anyone, anywhere...almost.
Once you can interact with your supposed "enemy" it's much easier to develop your own opinions and thoughts about their supposedly corrupting influence. And allowing people to think for themselves is dangerous....at least for a dictatorship.
But pretty soon either LEO Satellites or some form of terrestrial wireless is going to make this kind of censorship impossible.
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