CDR: Re: Ralph Nader sends privacy survey to Bush and Gore campaigns

[Jim Burnes]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> At 23:38 10/9/2000 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
> >I seem to remember Etzioni being tied into the Communitarian
> >movement as well.
>
> Right. In fact, that's an understatement.
>
> He's essentially the anti-cypherpunk: Regulate corporations' data
> collection practices strictly, but don't regulate the governments'
> practices.
>
> -Declan

Could someone cogently explain the difference between communitarians
and communists?

I get the impression that communitarians were sort of a communist/fascist
hybrid, but I'm sure someone has a more elegant explanation.

jim
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