I think a link between your idea and mine is in the direction of writer Evgeny Morozov (mondediplo.com/2024/08/07ai-cold-war), who did some interesting research of alternative forms of how the internet could have developed including a project by the chilean government called “Cybersyn” (in his podcast “The Santiago Boys”, open.spotify.com/show/7xlRxnooUnl48JVo726YXn)