So much for the idea of the Internet breaking down political boundaries. I know it's been dead for a long time now, but there was a thought in the early days that it didn't matter where you where or who you are on the Internet, everybody has the same access and opportunities.
Countries manage their country-specific domains, and global entities manage the rest. The second part is exactly what is happening now. We just need to get the first in line.
The second part doesn't work either; see .org currently. Tor (with .onion addresses) is the only extant DNS mechanism that technically works (and not well) and that's practically unusable for >99% of people.
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