All frontiers inevitably collapse of course, as with the Old West so with the Internet. But it isn't inevitable WHAT they collapse into. The Old West at least (somewhat) transformed into a thriving society. The Internet, briefly an escape from the stifling control of social conformists, is indeed now collapsing down into a centralized dystopian nightmare. No thoughts but approved thoughts, no commerce but approved commerce, no will but that of the corporation and the state. And again, everyone cheers when it happens to "those people", when "those people" lose their social media account, or their bank account, or their job, or even their freedom. But soon enough YOU are "those people." We all are.