At point is it legitimate for a certain government (state, city, municipal etc) to say a commodity or service (water, utilities etc) should be a right for all of its citizens? And provide the public utility as a monopoly?

Will emerging network states / city states do the same?

Re: 1. Have you read The Master Switch?

Goes into great depth and length re: the evolution of information technologies/new media during the 19th/20th centuries, and digs into the details of how each relates to public utilities

Re: 2. I don't know enough to take a forecast position.

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