>A smaller organization can not do as much as a larger organization.
See 'The Mythical Man Month', SpaceX vs other aerospace companies or the writings of R. V. Jones on the advantages of keeping intelligence agencies small.
>Ok, a handful of people could stage a coup. Then what?
I agree staging a coup is not the same as running a government. Not sure what you point here is.
>You get the choice between large, effective, and open; or small, ineffective, and clandestine.
The current choice is between: large, ineffective and semi-transparent or large, even more ineffective and semi-opaque. I agree with Assange on this.
The danger is that we could get small, effective and truly-opaque, but it is unlikely to happen due to political concerns.
See 'The Mythical Man Month', SpaceX vs other aerospace companies or the writings of R. V. Jones on the advantages of keeping intelligence agencies small.
>Ok, a handful of people could stage a coup. Then what?
I agree staging a coup is not the same as running a government. Not sure what you point here is.
>You get the choice between large, effective, and open; or small, ineffective, and clandestine.
The current choice is between: large, ineffective and semi-transparent or large, even more ineffective and semi-opaque. I agree with Assange on this.
The danger is that we could get small, effective and truly-opaque, but it is unlikely to happen due to political concerns.