CDR: Re: Re: Insurance (was: why should it be trusted?)

R. A. Hettinga rah at shipwright.com
Thu Oct 19 05:48:40 PDT 2000


At 9:20 PM -0600 on 10/18/00, Anonymous wrote:


> Crypto-anarchy is in fact not really anarchy, since it only addresses
> some kinds of authority, ie government, and only in certain situations.
> True anarchy involves the dissolution of other hierarchical relationships,
> including those that spring from private property. Get rid of private
> property and many of these problems disappear.

Actually, in "cypherspace" you can private property without law. If it's
encrypted and I have the key, it's my property.

No, Virginia, property is not theft.

:-).

Cheers,
RAH
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