[46295] in Cypherpunks
Re: Why Net Censorship Doesn't Work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dmandl@panix.com)
Tue Jan 2 15:57:07 1996
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:13:09 -0500 (EST)
From: dmandl@panix.com
To: ecarp@netcom.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9601021825.AB15309@virgo.bsnet>
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Ed Carp wrote:
Duncan Frissell wrote:
> > It used to be said that no country would be allowed to move from Communism
> > to Capitalism. It can now be said that it is inconceivable that a modern
> > country will move from a Market to a Command Economy. Market discipline is
> > strong.
>
> Tell that to folks in the contries of used-to-be-Russia. Lots of old
> Communist leaders getting back into power - some folks are even saying
> that the old days under the Communists were better than living in a free
> market economy.
>
> Never underestimate the value of human stupidity and shortsightedness.
In other words: If people dump communism for capitalism, it shows how
the free market will always triumph, and if people dump capitalism for
communism, it shows how stupid and shortsighted humans are. Hmmmm...
--Dave.
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Dave Mandl
dmandl@panix.com
http://www.wfmu.org/~davem
