I say:
Yep. And though this may be an old idea (I'm a new kid), it's worth
noting that the PGP Web of Trust notion is an attempt to make
explicit the implicit web of trust in human institutions--which some
would say is nothing more than the residue of complacency after the
imposition of a government. [1/2 g] Others, after Reich, would
suggest that absent a clear Mommy or Daddy figure, the mass of people
won't play along. [no g at all] Schism time?
MMB