Then, TM came to say that this is irrelevant. TM was right in the context of the post, but it led me to ask myself this (vague) question:
What is the real issue here, what makes the govt so insistent about wanting to ban crypto? What is such a threat to them that it makes them pass laws that are profoundly against the US constitution?
What causes their panic?
They want to read your mail. They would like to read your mind too.
To this, all I can find of enough magnitude to put them in such state is that they just recently *truly* realized that crypto will, infinitely more than to threaten the security of the state, threaten their very existence by putting them outside of the money loop.
I disagree. I think they want to read your mail. I don't believe they are scared of "digital bearer bonds" etc., although I do believe that this is the most hyped issue on these mailing lists ...
Any comments about why we should *not* put most emphasis on the financial aspect of crypto?
Because the financial aspects are hyped way out of proportion on these mailing lists? Also, you will find that the govt does *not* want to ban financial crypto - it only wants to ban encryption - so how can you argue that they are panicking because of the financial aspect of crypto? You can't. They panic because they can't read your mail. Gary -- pub 1024/C001D00D 1996/01/22 Gary Howland <gary@hotlava.com> Key fingerprint = 0C FB 60 61 4D 3B 24 7D 1C 89 1D BE 1F EE 09 06