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This democratization resembles historic revolutions in information dissemination:
The Printing Press: democratized knowledge, fueling the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and facilitating revolutionary ideas during the French Revolution.
The Internet: shattered communication gatekeeping, transforming society with unfiltered information, enabling movements like the Arab Spring, and empowering individuals to share ideas without permission.
In these examples, access to information and communication bred both progress and chaos, revealing a pattern: democratization is often messy but ultimately transformative.