America is slipping down the fascism road pretty quickly now, cheered on by many eager sheep who think the smell of lamb chops is only coming from the sheep they don't like, not them. The beauty of the internet was that it offered away for anyone to be heard, a way around the gatekeepers. Now we have new gatekeepers, even more centralized and powerful than the former.
Blockchain and decentralized networks will offer new hope for people. The typical person doesn't see the need for it now. But the same tactics used to silence Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson will be used on the left at some point in the near future. The political tides shift, but the loss of rights will be entrenched.