I have always wanted to ask such questions, as such projects come from a different kind of crowd, internet anarchists with a free world utopia in mind. Since these projects are also used by Chinese netizens, what do people think about this?
While Tor Project was DARPA made, many people benefit from it. Same goes for internet preservation projects, since internet is largely a creation of West.
I seek the perspective of native mainlanders and Chinese born here importantly, because I have not seen this being discussed anywhere.
Edit: I hate how armchair westerners have an issue with letting this topic be discussed calmly.
Do free-speech-loving western countries allow to flourish projects like libgen, Sci-Hub, or the numerous bittorrent sites that have been forcibly shut down (often with operators going to prison)?
My question is not directed in the way you think. I want to know the opinions of, and interest of Chinese people in this kind of internet anarchist culture. Everybody knows what goes on in Western world, but China is a place where people prefer civillity over chaos and rude behaviour, and good faith trust is important.