Low Information Voter on Nostr: This is very true. The administrative and logistical capabilities of a State to ...
This is very true.
The administrative and logistical capabilities of a State to establish monopolies and sustain / expand itself in a society are determined by cultural, geographical and technological factors.
The last are quite within our power to re-engineer, hence the decentralised tech you speak of.
But the main battle is always ideological, and increased State monopolisation now is increasing State costs far faster than State revenues, so "by their fruits ye may know them" is going to be in our favour for some time :)
The administrative and logistical capabilities of a State to establish monopolies and sustain / expand itself in a society are determined by cultural, geographical and technological factors.
The last are quite within our power to re-engineer, hence the decentralised tech you speak of.
But the main battle is always ideological, and increased State monopolisation now is increasing State costs far faster than State revenues, so "by their fruits ye may know them" is going to be in our favour for some time :)