25 Sep
2001
25 Sep
'01
12:20 p.m.
At 01:49 AM 9/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Difference: Cypherpunks distrust democracy, at least unfettered from its democratic republic roots in the U.S., because it has proven an uncertain safeguard of liberty. Bin Laden & co distrust democracy because it permits too much liberty.
-Declan
More compactly: Democracy is mob rule. Bin Laden & The Holding Company want to be that mob, and for it to be ruled by sharia.