This is true both virtually and physically. The end result of “connecting everyone” (ie removing all borders & distinctions) is the inevitable emergence of network states. You can already see it happening; as public trust & life continue to degrade, people are increasingly retreating to sealed home-fortresses, connected to the outside world by food delivery, online shopping, & facetime, traveled between in cars. The prevalence of headphones in public is another sign. Everyone is sealing off