That's a quoted general statement that is highly subjective, not a description of an attack.  If you can't articulate a specific attack vector that we're defending against, such a defense has no value.

On Apr 1, 2017 12:41 AM, "Eric Voskuil" <eric@voskuil.org> wrote:
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On 03/31/2017 11:18 PM, Jared Lee Richardson wrote:
>> If a typical personal computer cannot run a node there is no
>> security.
>
> If you can't describe an attack that is made possible when typical
> personal computers can't run nodes, this kind of logic has no place
> in this discussion.

"Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally
controlled networks..."

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