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Politician's "heroin" [Re: AUCRYPTO: On oldy encryptions]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Avon)
Mon Oct 4 10:25:34 1999
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From: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
To: "Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:47:14 -0700
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Reply-To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:35:41 -0400, Sean Kelly (on Cypherpunks list) wrote:
>Now more than ever there is a real chance at loosening control of strong
>crypto. People are getting on the internet like crazy and that same fear of
>viruses, hackers and whatnot could easily be used to fuel the fight for
>strong crypto. Rather than lobbying the government directly, perhaps we
>should be doing more to alert the people and the media to how little privacy
>people have online and bring up crypto as a viable solution. Couple that
>with a few (very) easy-to-use solutions and it could likely become the Next
>Big Thing overnight.
>
>Convincing a government of the sensible approach rarely works. Finding a way
>to have every citizen screaming for it often does.
It might work. Attack what the power junkies really crave and they'll give you
everything: their ability to get re-elected, to play benefactors, to lavishly
pork-barrel-to-the-hilt their two hundred best friends and their comfortable
pension and gold-plated platinum parachute.
Politicians sold out their electors and tied them into slavery in most countries
for their craving for power. Power is a politician's heroin. Fiat currency
issuing bankers are providing the tools the politicians need to get their highs.
Growling constituents are political junkie motivation ONLY if it can menace them
with a strongly perceived risk of depriving them of their dope.
Ciao
jfa
