But I think I'm making the argument that there is a very big difference between possible and common. I think that we have all felt okay about our current level of oppression, but the reality is that many of us aren't using these free markets. Nor are we willing to extend ourselves enough to do so. It's easier to follow the channels that are permissioned and surveilled. And that's where a lot of the earlier cypherpunks maybe got it wrong: they thought there would be overt strong repression, when the government opted for inconvenience.