Jim Bell blames the Sheeple - the Assangista Herd that doesn't appreciate a good world-historical Jackass - like themselves. Vulgar moralists claim its bad on its face - Gasbag Bob Murphy went on about this at some length on Antistate dotcom. Its grossly dishonest to claim its unethical though since the PAM-FutureMap episode made plain its quite ethical on its face. ( Sear " Slate - Damn the PAM slam, man " ) I think it could go viral at any moment and definitely will in the run-up to the singularity  ( predicted for 2029 - 2046 )  At the moment it represents a ' sword of Damocles' hanging over the head of all govts and large religions. Why the USG declared for covert fascist spying after 9-11. " Collapse of govts ' doesn't happen just cos a few morons whine incessantly despite what we're told on this list. Cypherpunks collapse governments Subject: Everyone a remailer: Everyone a Mint: Everyone an assassin https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=100872510706876&w=2 Strong-crypto, digital money, anonymous networks, pseudonyms, zero- knowledge proofs, reputations, information-markets, netwar, collapse-of-governments.