Interesting. The analogy I reach for is the invention of the printing press. It saw an explosion of pamphlets in Germany, around the Reformation. Luther was one of the great authors. But by the 1520s the ideological opening had led to the Peasants War, and the disaster of Münster (think Waco on a larger scale). Luther himself became disillusioned, and turned more towards the power of the civil authorities and away from unrestricted Bible reading.
Yet, in the long run, societies that embraced this chaotic power did better than those that tried to repress it.
Yet, in the long run, societies that embraced this chaotic power did better than those that tried to repress it.
Will the same be true this time?