Loss of enforcement power
One of government's chief functions is to enforce laws that keep the powerful from taking advantage of the weak. Governments cannot enforce laws when they are not in control. Loss of trust of Certificate Authorities and the anonymous nature of the Internet means that technologically savvy entities and groups have the power to steal with impunity. They can cripple someone's access, destroy their data. With advances in the Internet of Things, they will be able to physically harm, as well.

Loss of enforcement power by nations

See an anonymous call for collaboration in purpose by those with "hacker ethics" by a hacker who suggests that "monitored freedom is the only kind there is" and "I am free because I have ties." This piece is long and somewhat meandering, yet does point out the weaknesses that impair the nation states and economic institutions' dominance. The author also recognizes the evolution of Sapiens Plurum, saying: For the most advanced cybernetics, there’s already no longer man and his environment, but a system-being which is itself part of an ensemble of complex information systems, hubs of autonomic processes.

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Loss of enforcement power
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