Trace Mayer (can someone bring him to Nostr) has said some interesting things about the economics of violence: "Throughout history, the economics of violence has been very profitable. Economics of violence is to engage in violent activities." "As we move into the information age, Diffie and Hellman came up with asymmetric cryptography, public-private key encryption." "Asymmetric cryptography is mathematics. No amount of violence will some a math problem. You cannot direct a nuclear bomb at a math problem and solve it." " Now the cost of protection has rapidly plummeted and become free in a lot of cases. The return on investment for trying to extort is just not possible. " "Holders of capital, if it's someone very rich or whether it's someone in the developing world, they can secure protection for their money basically for free, using open source software." "Our freedom is directly proportional to the amount of protection that we're able to secure for ourself. ' "It makes makes violence a negative wealth destroying activity. This will lead to a much more peaceful world."

Small important typo: "No amount of violence will solve a math problem."