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[noise] the individual and the tribe

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologi)
Tue Feb 6 11:55:38 1996

Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 11:44:14 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))

Rob said:

> ... in the sense that
>tribal societies are individualist.

I absolutely don't agree.  The subordination of the individual to the tribe
is fundamental of their vision of the world.  Individualism is not about the
personnal opinions, it is about the vision of Man as an entity in itself, not
a type of cattle that owe his service to the collectivity of the tribe.

Crypto makes the tribe (and it's sorcerers) loose their grip... :)

JFA



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