Oh there is no doubt, the Internet is a game changer on the order of Guttenberg's printing press. Bill Whittle touched on this in that video posted in another thread, but the Internet is fueling the decentralization of information and economics, which is in direct contrast to the existing political order. One of these models is going to give, and my bet is on the centralized model (though it promises to be dangerous in its death throes). The Internet has effectively put "information capital" in the hands of ordinary individuals, and it's an inexorable trend that will wear down the existing order like a river carving granite.