But again, it comes back to being able to use VPN and Tor... and then what happens if the Internet itself starts becoming decentralized and the ISP monopolies start getting broken up? There is a tipping point here. One that is very far off in the future, and it will crack and shatter the very fabric of how we do things today.

A truly decentralized internet without ISPs is an interesting idea. The fact of the matter is, however, that fiber optic cables are owned by ISPs and the use of radio frequencies is tighly regulated. Satellite internet? That most likely would not scale as well as a network of fiber optic cables but serve a niche very well. This is a bit off the wall but couldn't you transmit data with a laser? Oh, it turns out it isn't. Harvard School of Engineering has been working on laser radios for some time.

For reference:

https://www.skydsl.eu/en-FI/Personal/Internet-via-satellite
https://urly.fi/1fkL (Endgadget article)