Re: What is a cypherpunk?

9 Feb 2005

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On 6 Feb 2005 at 19:18, D. Popkin wrote:
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Yes, but Big Brother governments are not the only way such
"wisdom" gets imposed.  Bill Gates came close to imposing it
upon all of us, and if it hadn't been for Richard Stallman
and Linus Torvalds, we might all be suffering under that yoke
today.
There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating
system, so Linus did.

If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will
attack you.

That is the difference between private power and government
power.

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