Re: National ID cards are just the driver's licenses on the Information
At 05:00 PM 7/14/94 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The following is worth mentioning: market forces will eventually destroy virtually all controls. However, as the Soviet Union showed, millions of people can be made miserable or killed in the meanwhile.
Perry
Actually, in the G-7 countries, the rulers are in a more exposed and vulnerable position than the ruled. They are juicy opposition targets, while we can slip (and SLIP) through the cracks. They can't. They must by their nature be exposed. DCF "The Market *is* the river." -- New Taoism for a New Age
Duncan Frissell says:
Actually, in the G-7 countries, the rulers are in a more exposed and vulnerable position than the ruled. They are juicy opposition targets, while we can slip (and SLIP) through the cracks. They can't. They must by their nature be exposed.
I'm optimistic only because we are deliberately opposing things. I'm far from convinced that they are vulnerable on their own. Perry
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