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So, in a nutshell: we're running into barriers put forth by physics. We've cracked the quantitative digital divide and now physics is a key barrier keeping us from have equal quality on a planetary scale. The speed of light remains a bottleneck.
We just need to find the right header file and update the constant of C to reflect our new needs
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Will still have an internet in 2020?
The Trumper-net will be much better than our archaic free-form hippy internet of today. We will look back on the old one and simply say: Sad!

We'll all be much safer because President Trump will mandate no private encryption systems that don't give keys to the govt. Plus we'll be required by law to use SystemD. Finally, Microsoft will hire all the developers writing SystemD and it will provide a windows compatibility layer in linux.

Corporate walled gardens, diminished accesibility, ubiquitous tracking, complete de-anonymization, and widespread disinformation and propaganda.

Pretty much exactly what we have now.

Total Information Awareness.