I guess we're close, but I draw a distinction between "the technology doesn't exist" (it does) and "nobody is doing it yet" (agreed, they're not exactly at large scale). 

When you said "mesh networking doesn't exist" you seem to have meant "doing it correctly is technically possible but there is little will or energy going in that direction". We might agree that the goal is to advance freedom technologies (like mesh but also lots of other stuff) but I oppose blasting out pessimistic "doesn't exist, (but yea I guess you could do it)" takes. Getting people aware of and optimistic about the possibilities is a good way to help make sure they actually come about.