>In our current notion of the social contract we surrender a certain
>level of freedom to authority in order to benefit from the order
>that ensues. So we agree to be subjected to the authority of
>government, judiciary, or police.
>Ultimately i
billions is, indeed, an overstatement, but:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/06/the-feds-pays-for-60-percent-of-tors-development-can-users-trust-it/
the state dept had tens of millions spent every year on promoting "internet
freedoms":
" From 2008 through 2011, the State
