The second web as a new form of statehood

It seems to me that it is much more correct to compare projects of such magnitude as facebook not with corporations or tangible assets, but with countries and states. Maybe a new form of social system is emerging before our eyes. After all, people really live there, have a passport, comply with the laws and even die.

How much is a country worth? Countries are not sold. Governments are sold, but only as a factor of influence. Yes, for some money you can destroy and destroy the country. But it is very difficult to build a new state for money. You need something more, some kind of unifying idea. And those who have found this idea, are at the head of the new state. At this moment they lose their freedom. The maximum that they can do is either work for the good of the country, or try to sell it more expensively. What we are seeing.


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And it is not clear why the estimated value of companies causes such bewilderment. Why then does not cause bewilderment the fact that the film can collect a billion dollars at the box office. Or, say, a computer game. For this money, nothing material is bought, a part of people's life is bought.