The Cold War and the Rise of the Internet

The internet begins as an experimental network of computers in the united states in the 50s and 60s which is largely being sponsored by the military. It comes out of the mit computer labs we're pretty much the pretty much the entire modern computer industry can trace its roots back to that time. Even within the cold war establishment there's a really marked differentiation between us as a liberal wing who think the way to fight communism is to create generous welfare states and liberal democratic institutions but a right wing of the coldwar establishment that thinks that's all that can only ever lead to communism.