The main flaw of The Network State is the concept of reverse diaspora. The idea that multiple people with no shared background will magically come together and

The main flaw of The Network State is the concept of reverse diaspora. The idea that multiple people with no shared background will magically come together and collaborate to the extent that they can form an scalable movement that results in a meatspace state that is one cohesive collaborative unit. Whenever a group of people pool their effort and resources together, another group of opportunistic people will try to take advantage. The Network State is inspired by cryptocurrencies, which are often affected by predatory speculative behavior. Pyramid schemes, pump and dump schemes, rug pulls, etc. The more resources and effort are pooled together, and the more power is accrued, the higher the incentive for competitors to arise, both internal and external. And this flaw is the aspect shared with most utopian theories that expect everyone to collaborate do not account for simple game theory. Give enough incentives and the doves turn into hawks. Another flaw is that by having a highly sparse geographical distribution, the political representation of their members and the likelihood they will gain enough influence to take over tends to zero unless each member can attain local leadership and influence. At most, that can get that to scale to city-states, but city-states are almost always vassal states.