Maybe one day, maybe two. A company that can t live up to its guarantees will also vanish in a short time. The free-market in cyberspace will ensure that we have dependable, trustworthy, guaranteed banking, investment, and insurance available to all of us. Anonymous digital cash is urgently needed by the international business community and that demand will soon be filled. Investment banking in cyberspace is a reality and only a little nudging will convince them to sever their bonds with the state.
Strong encryption exists, free to any person.
And the models began to fall into place. The collapse of political governments is well documented in history, the uncertain questions for us are when and how fast. Being an optimist by nature, I will assume a best case situation where the failure begins on a municipal level and gradually spreads. Operating in the safety of cyberspace, a corporation might be formed along the lines envisioned by Mr. MacCallum to buy the land in the afflicted region in partnership with the citizens and restore the region to its former prosperity as a multiple-tenant income property. Taking into account the investment potential of unfettered wealth in cyberspace, we might discover that the free nation we seek may not be too far from home after all.