Many years ago we came here to share new ideas and to escape persecution by our peers for having independent thought. When we came here, we created our own culture with our own set of internal laws. Once we became wildly successful an oppressive government came to take away everything that we had built, claiming it was theirs.

This is the story that all Americans are taught as children in school, they are taught that its the story of America, but that’s not what I am writing about. The above is the story of the Internet. The history of foundation of the United States and the Internet have many parallels, and the US Government understands that. This is why they are cracking down, taking websites offline, and attempting to silence free speech:

The United States Federal Government knows that if the Internet continues unchecked, we will continue to circumvent the authority of the worlds governments and create a system which changes the traditional laws that have been used to rule us for centuries. As citizens learn about the abuses of their government they become more distrusting and even more educated, which encourages governments to keep the worlds people apathetic.

In the end we will become a unified world, with small local governments maintaining their own areas. All humans will share the basic rights which will not be able to be taken away by anyone.

So, just as the Patriots of the American Revolution stood up and fought for the country that they built, I encourage the Patriots of the Digital Revolution to stand up for the culture and society that they have built. A free and unrestricted Internet is critical to our future, its our job to protect it.