Wikipedia, the internet's best source of disinformation, contains an article on Jeremy Sapienza's "Control Decay Theory".

The Control Decay Theory was developed by Sapienza in discussions on Anti-State.Com. It states that as wealth grows exponentially, its control decentralizes and organized coercion becomes less possible. This will eventually lead to the end of states (anarchy), and make large-scale ownership of property less likely as possible spheres of control diminish.

The theory might narrowly be described as determinist but it is in no way fatalist: it is based on observable scientific data. Furthermore, it is slowed down by wealth destruction carried out by states and individuals, and can be set back severely by massive disasters such as nuclear war or worldwide plague, though the more wealth existing at any given point would increase the ability of men to overcome such challenges.

It is based on the belief that no matter what men espouse or believe politically, their actions tend to be those that are efficient as a means to supporting human life and therefore, by definition, increase wealth.

-- More wealth = less state.

Today we have more wealth than our forefathers could imagine. We've harnessed the power of lightning, we've got horseless carriages roaring about at incredible speeds, we go to an amazingly durable temperature controlled building and exchange paper for food that has already been cooked, etc. So, it's quite clear we're more wealthy than ever before. But are we more free?

I think that the answer is obviously not. As wealthy as humanity is, it seems to have a great enthusiasm for government, and is willing to pay for it. More wealth has simply equaled more government. Instead of some noblemen on horses running around yelling, there are highly coordinated armies of millions. Instead of one strongman making the decision, we can fritter away the time and money to afford democracy, with all its endless round table discussions and voting rituals. Wealth has certainly made the government nicer and more humane than it used to be, because it can afford to do things like lock someone up in prison instead of just chopping their head off on the spot. But the handcuffs and assfucking are the same, government just has the luxury to include the pink velvet.

Really, "control decay theory" is nothing more than a thiny veiled attempt at a sort of "scientific" market anarchism. The scientific socialists believed that it was a waste of time to try and do anything about the evil capitalist oppresors, because the conditions didn't yet exist for the proletariat to rise up and get rid of them. When the conditions were right they would, and the scientific socialists pointed to the evidence of increasing clashes between the capitalists and the workers as the sign of coming revolution.

Everyone has their anarchist fantasies, but it's a mistake to consider them actual fact. So, let's put the "Control Decay Theory" in a nice little box in the closet along with Santa Claus, The Second Coming of Christ, and other cute little bedtime stories.