 The internet has always existed. It's simply gone by other names. The internet isn't a thing so much as it is a metaphor. The latest iteration of the way in which we are interconnected. It's a digital library, a worldwide town hall meeting, an endless choose your own adventure. What this latest iteration has done is tear down the walls between the metaphors we call nations, throwing a bucket of cold water on the lines we draw on the sand. The internet is that which perpetually exposes every us versus them dichotomy, as the us versus us reality it truly is.