Former Google chief predicts the Internet will split by 2028
&gt;Schmidt said he thinks people will likely see “fantastic leadership in products and services from China,” noting the scale of the nation’s business, the massive wealth being created there and the advance of global trade, according to the report. But he acknowledged the country’s growing economic influence may have political consequences: “There’s a real danger that along with those products and services comes a different leadership regime from government, with censorship, controls, etc.,&quot; CNBC reported.<p>this is doublespeak of the very highest order.<p>on the one hand, schmidt is praising china so that google has better chances of success there. on the other hand, he&#x27;s admitting that china might be a totalitarian state presently or in the future.<p>the dupe is that it isn&#x27;t a danger for china to start doing censorship or controlling speech. it&#x27;s a reality, and now he&#x27;s trying to gaslight us by claiming that the reality is false and his impression of it is what is really true.<p>china is a totalitarian state. and soon, with google&#x27;s help and the complicity of google employees, they will continue to do so with greater efficiency than before. mao imagined a country where the state was the not merely the highest power in the land, but the only power. they&#x27;re getting there.<p>if their internet splits definitively, they&#x27;ll use their cordoned internet as an iron curtain. or perhaps a &quot;bamboo curtain&quot; is the more appropriate term. they are already well along this path. either way, over a billion people will be kept in the dark. some will enjoy it. some will not care. and some will die for their curiosity. schmidt knows this perfectly well.