The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

[Jim Choate]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 jamesd at echeque.com wrote:

> A revolution involves mass participation, and widespread
> spontaneous defiance of state authority.

A revolution is when one part of a populace takes up arms against another
part of the populace. The argument is over who gets the final say. It's
worth saying that there are actually a wide range of shades to this word
(eg rebellion v revolt v mutiny).

> A coup involves a tiny little secretive conspiracy.

A coup is the sudden overthrow of a government by force. It may be by a
small fraction or a large one.

> A coup is announced,

Yeah, when the guns start going off...

> a revolution experienced.

Yeah, when the guns start going off...


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