[105305] in Cypherpunks
RE: How to solve the tax problem w/o anarchy or force (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew James Gering)
Mon Nov 9 20:42:31 1998
From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
To: "Cypherpunks (E-mail)" <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 17:25:45 -0800
Reply-To: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
> cpunks actually contribute to this problem with their nihilistic
> philosophy in general. the msg is that it is a waste of time
> to engage in group activity or political discourse or lobbying
> against the govt or organization or *whatever*... it's actually
> just a variant on the sheeple passivity.
"If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is
certain that you will create a despotic government to be your
master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects
a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual."
--Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment
I don't think many cpunks (and other freedom loving people) are necessarily
nihilistic so much as they have come to the conclusion that to ignore and/or
subvert government has higher probability of success than trying to reform
it -- much to the demise of the Libertarian Party. The whole cryptography
and geodesic communications being the bane of the nation-state theme tends
to support this idea.
Matt
