The Internet has become a nation, a state, a perfect meritocracy—one that is currently in a state of war.
It has its culture—those who entertain, those who are heroes, those who produce media, those who report, those who play, those who work. It has built a net of mental inhabitants and it has become the first metropolis of its kind, of which a past example is inconceivable. That lack of a prior example is what makes the real world so wary of it.
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/517 - The Internet War, von Nadim Kobeissi. Ein sehr lesenswerter Artikel.