On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Daniel J. Boone wrote:
>Instead, I think the way crypto facilitates the rise and survival of competing
>gangs, and lets those gangs have a chance to eat the government gang for lunch,
>is much more important. So far I can't point to anywhere where this effect has
>"substantially undermined government power and authority" but I quite frankly
>think examples will be evident within the next decade or two, most likely
>within the former soviet union.
Actually, that does seem likely. The former Soviet Union is a huge
power vacuum, and something is going to move into it or grow there.
The russian mob is already stronger than what governments remain. It
will be an interesting place to watch.
Bear
