[81001] in Cypherpunks
Re: May's Banal Rant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Mon Jun 2 14:57:38 1997
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 11:04:50 -0700
To: Michael Froomkin <Michael@lawprof.demon.co.uk>, rotenberg@epic.org
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <6333@lawprof.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
At 12:14 PM 6/2/97 BST, Michael Froomkin wrote:
>Rotenburg should be a near-hero to most readers of this list.
Instead,
>canabalism. Weird. Very weird.
Michael,
You need to realize that Cypherpunks transitionally has been about the
*elimination* of all governments. Cypherpunks' goal is called
crypto-anarchy for a reason. In fact, for Cypherpunks cryptography is
simply an exceptionally effective tool to achieve anarchy. The
governments share the belief that wide spread use of crypto will possibly
lead to anarchy, which is why they attempt to limit its use. The rest is
smoke and mirrors and statements by people that fail to understand that
the whole crypto issue is about anarchy and not about math.
Anarchy can not be achieved by negotiations or cooperation with any
branch of government. Neither can crypto-anarchy be achieved by nuking
DC.
<paraindent><param>out</param>I certainly can understand the reasons that
would lead a person to start
thinking that "something is better than nothing" or "the bastards need to
receive the punishment they so richly deserve". Neither view will help to
further crypto-anarchy in any meaningful way.
Have fun,
</paraindent>
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