RE: Separation of Infrastructure and State
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Very interesting reflection. Let's recall that the first quote in Satoshi's bitcoin paper was Wei Dai's "b-money" (1998) which starts itself by the words "I like Tim May's idea of "crypto-anarchy"" - Wei Dai was himself referring to the 1988 "Crypto-anarchist Manifesto" by Tim May.
What we are contemplating here is that for the first time in history states, as governance and organisational solutions, face viable competition. Previously, the only alternative to government was Thomas Hobbes "the war of all against all" - not very appealing. This led the governments to perform as poorly as they can get away with.
I reflected on that in a post I published some 5 years ago:
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@sorin.cristescu/blockchain-and-the-end-of-the-western-civilization