Yes, Russia can shut off its Internet and computers. Know that super useful AI model out of Russia? Its name slips my tongue. Imagine how much better it will get.
I guess my broader point is we might need something for regimes that are willing to instate varying degrees of isolation. Like, "so your Internet is controlled by authoritarians; now what?" Not to imply there definitively is a thing--that xkcd about the wrench is the dominant principle ofc.
It's bizarre that you don't consider that people first of all don't want to leave their country.
Exactly. You only said about difficulties leaving and being propagandized. As if people need to be propagandized to be attached to their own country.