25 Sep
2001
25 Sep
'01
2:07 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 03:22:34AM -0000, Anonymous wrote:
There was an article the other day about the terrorists, which made the point that capitalism and fundamentalism were much alike, in that both share a distrust of democracy. The same can be said for the cypherpunks.
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