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[CoccoBill]

Nobody polices the internet, yet somehow it works. Imagine that.

Have you heard of ICANN, IANA, RIPE, IETF, the various national CERTs all over the world, telecommunications regulations in all western countries seen over by national NSAs etc? A lot of people police the internet, public, private and non-profits. Yes, they're invisible to most, but without them it wouldn't work.

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Have you heard of ICANN, IANA, RIPE, IETF, the various national CERTs all over the world, telecommunications regulations in all western countries seen over by national NSAs etc? A lot of people police the internet, public, private and non-profits. Yes, they're invisible to most, but without them it wouldn't work.

I used the wrong word. I meant no governments by law police the internet. They all try but amount to little other than stealing millions from poker players and the like. Organizations organizing in a way that result in policing is different than doing so by law. Paypal doesn't get its security from the government. It gets it from what Paypal pays for

The subculture of online poker should be enough to convince any of us that these things work better without government and their only real problems are when government intervenes