[83319] in Cypherpunks
Re: Microsoft will NOT ship browser with RSACi on by default
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Bradley)
Fri Jul 18 11:05:23 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 12:55:34 +0000 ( )
From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
To: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@upaya.multiverse.com>
Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707170915.FAA01650@upaya.multiverse.com>
Reply-To: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
> : BTW, we should differentiate generally between state action and private
> : action. Getting fucked by Microsoft != getting fucked by the government.
> : This is Libertarianism 101. Of course, I admit today the distinction was
> : blurry.
>
> Corporations are just parts of the government that got away. I have
> never understood why some, though far from all, libertarians bother
> to distinguish them from the other organs of the state.
If I read this the right way I would suppose that you are saying that a
corporate agreement to include rating systems in all browsers would be on
a par with mandated inclusion pushed through by the government. Not so:
The government uses force and violence to make individuals and companies
do it`s bidding, if the government did not enforce laws they wouldn`t be
wrong, because there would be no act of agression. Assuming a large
company such as M$ were to decide any company not including rating
systems in their browsers could be fined by M$, then that would be a
similar situation to the one currently experienced with the government.
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