[79327] in Cypherpunks
Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Bell)
Wed Apr 30 23:03:37 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:15:21 -0800
To: Bradley Felton <zim@pobox.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: jimbell@pacifier.com (Jim Bell)
Reply-To: jimbell@pacifier.com (Jim Bell)
At 08:40 4/30/97 -0500, Bradley Felton wrote:
>What is needed is a "Bonsai" government, that is kept carefully pruned into
>exactly the desired shape, and is never allowed to outgrow its pot. With
>this analogy in mind, I would posit:
>
>4) Insufficient pruning mechanisms.
I've proposed what I consider to be a very efficient and effective "pruning
mechanism." However, I've also suggested that it would continue pruning
until the size of government reached zero.
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
