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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:04:51 -0400 From: Nick Econopouly <nickeconopouly@gmail.com> To: Razer <Rayzer@riseup.net> Subject: Re: slur: you're going to hate it User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23+89 (0255b37be491) (2014-03-12)

On 07/31, Razer wrote:

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On 07/30/2015 11:23 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

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I have serious problems with this - leak by economic purchasing power? Where's the principle in that? What could possibly go wrong?

This allows the mega wealthy to pay for the protection of their data. If such a market actually gets going, if nothing else it's a turbo charged economic greasing of economic information blackmail.

Please people, think before you support such a things.

Obviously the oligarchies around the planet will love such a thing (they print the money anyway, so a few dollars is pocket change - a pittance to them anyway).

I guess we had to see such reactions to Snowden and his ilk.

Juan, your voice is needed so much more now than ever!

Where this goes will be interesting to say the least.

The 'donate' hash said something about 'counterbalancing the class war' and I immediately thought, 'in whose favor?'. But I'm one who doesn't believe mythical currencies like cash and bitcoins EVER 'stops pigs' or 'serves people'.

Weird, right? "Using the enemy's tool against him" works much better when the enemy isn't the #1 owner, printer, miner of the tool

Although I have to admit, copyleft is an example of that concept applied correctly.

-nick

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