> They don't understand that it's not possible to monitor, govern, control, tax it, simply because it's so cheap and simple to circumvent any of these measures

> They don't understand that it's not possible to monitor, govern, control, tax it, simply because it's so cheap and simple to circumvent any of these measures and there's plenty of motivation to do so. Actually, it is trivial to do all those things. You forget that govt controls access to bit transport. The hard part is allowing extensive "appropriate" access and denying those things, but with limited appropriate access..... If govt has a choice between doing what it wants and allowing you extensive access, what do you think will win?