One interesting thing to note is that this allows for the exact quantification ("pricing") of various forms of dissent. If a large enough segment of the popula

One interesting thing to note is that this allows for the exact quantification ("pricing") of various forms of dissent. If a large enough segment of the population is willing to pay a measurable financial cost in order to engage in a certain behavior, the government will be able to monitor (and respond) to that in near real time.