It is all about convergence
Across the world, humans that live in very disparate cultures and under very different regimes find the internet to be a very good leveller - in terms of trade, humanity, access to information and reason. Meanwhile insecure authoritarian type regimes and governments (some of which are in the west) try their hardest to maintain what is increasingly becoming a fragile position
This is why the internet is such a good thing for humanity. Eventually, no mater who you are or where you are, you will be able to communicate and see how the rest of the world lives, and have some hope, that the local despot's power is eroded
In the end, the people just wont put up with it