[105411] in Cypherpunks
Re: charity at the point of a gun (Re: dbts: Privacy Fetishes, Perfect
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Wed Nov 11 01:01:27 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:44:25 +0100
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199811100027.AAA07402@server.eternity.org>
To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> wrote:
> What is annoying is "charity" (social security) at the point of a gun.
> Our "conscience" is being decided by government which is acting as a
> broker for those lobby for their "need" and for your assets to be
> stolen and redistributed to them.
>
> What people aren't willing to pay for shouldn't happen. Period. If
> that means people starve well those complaining loudest had better
> dig deeper into their pockets.
Imagine one of your kids had an accident and needed more expensive care
than you can pay for. Would you accept government "charity"?
