Clark’s statement contained a lot of truth, but it wasn’t anarchy in the usual sense of the word that had been legitimized. Some of the early Internet enthusiasts harbored anti-authoritarian, anticapitalist instincts, but they were now in a small minority. Anarchy in the post-Netscape sense meant that a group of college kids could meet up with a rich eccentric, raise some more money from a venture capitalist, and build a billion-dollar company in eighteen months.
