Size and scope of the Counter-Economy

"The world has changed significantly since 1985 (with the proviso plus c’est la même chose): the collapse of the Soviet Union, due in no small part to Counter-Economics; the rise of Islamic terrorism; the return to a war-based (or, at least, war-accommodating) establishment economy; the scattershot legalization (but not decriminalization) of marijuana; the privatization (however meager) of space travel; the explosion of both computer encryption power and hackers’ ingenuity; the rise of digital currency à la Bitcoin; the ubiquity of surveillance systems; the abandonment of any vestige of mouthed support for Liberty by the elites of US political parties, corporate boards, and governments worldwide. All these events have only served to increase, not decrease, the size and scope of the Counter-Economy."

~~ "Counter-Economics: From the Back Alleys… To the Stars", Samuel Edward Konkin III, afterword by Victor Koman