I've learned a lot about the internet by reading the history of the wild west. The open frontier where the only rule was what you could do with your own hands.

I've learned a lot about the internet by reading the history of the wild west. The open frontier where the only rule was what you could do with your own hands. Then comes the frontier towns where the ability to enforce law was difficult at best. When justice feels far away, often we rely on mobs to fill that gap. This used to happen on a community scale...people would get run out of town. More or less, that's still what's happening, except the city limits are more conceptual. This is what it looks like when the justice system doesn't keep up with society.