Fwd: Tim May: Arch Thief

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>Subject: Tim May: Arch Thief
>
>http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/6805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-virtual-comm.html
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>Tim May; Dishonest sneak thief,coward and liar.
>
> >>"This essential anarchy is much more common than many think. 
> Anarchy--the absence of a ruler telling one what to do--is common in many 
> walks of life: choice of books to read, movies to see, friends to 
> socialize with, etc. Anarchy does not mean complete freedom--one can, 
> after all, only read the books which someone has written and had 
> published--but it does mean freedom from external coercion. Anarchy as a 
> concept, though, has been tainted by other associations.
> >>First, the "anarchy" here is not the anarchy of popular conception: 
> lawlessness, disorder, chaos, and "anarchy."
>
>Double trouble,ambivalence? sub-conscious guilt,nerves,sweaty 
>fingers?Probably just running off at the mouth.
>
> >>Nor is it the bomb-throwing anarchy of the 19th century "black" 
> anarchists, usually associated with Russia and labor movements.
>
>Gee,I wonder how it got so tainted.
>
>  >>Nor is it the "black flag" anarchy of anarcho-syndicalism and writers 
> such as Proudhon.
>
>Why ever not? The synergies and selling possibilities could be 
>amazing,what a way to bridge the gap between the present and 
>crypto-anarchy.We may see down the page why its "Nor".
>
> >>Rather, the anarchy being spoken of here is the anarchy of "absence of 
> government" (literally, "an arch," without a chief or head).
>
>Nowt to do with Proudon and some bomb throwing russians.Trust me,Im Tim 
>May.Master thief.
>
> >>This is the same sense of anarchy used in "anarchocapitalism," the 
> libertarian free market ideology which promotes voluntary, uncoerced 
> economic transactions.
>
>Grab a snatch and hold it.
>
>  [6] I devised the term crypto anarchy as a pun on crypto, meaning 
> "hidden," on the use of "crypto" in combination with political views (as 
> in Gore Vidal's famous charge to William F. Buckley: "You crypto fascist!"),
>
>Freudian slip,Tim,understandable though,under the circumstances.You crypto 
>fascist.
>
> >>and of course because the technology of crypto makes this form of 
> anarchy possible.
>
>And the alteration of the meaning of words make grand theft 
>anarchy,possible.Also the original libertarian socialist form possible.The 
>form of anarchy Tim May will attempt to murder at any opportunity as a 
>witness to his crime.
>
>  >>The first presentation of this was in a 1988 "Manifesto," whimsically 
> patterned after another famous manifesto.
>
>By the notorious petty bourgeois authoritarian wrecker of the 1st 
>International.Whimsical,Tim and telling.
>
> >>[7] Perhaps a more popularly understandable term, such as "cyber 
> liberty," might have some advantages, but crypto anarchy has its own 
> charm, I think.
>
>Cyber liberty and Im outta here,cant stand the stench.
>It takes a word made their own by people willing to die for it and 
>martyred for it many times in Tims own country and attempts to leech off 
>it.Audacious thievery and knavery on scale ranking May with 
>Goebbals.Charming as Newspeak.
>
> >>And anarchy in this sense does not mean local hierarchies don't exist, 
> nor does it mean that no rulers exist. Groups outside the direct control 
> of local governmental authorities may still have leaders, rulers, club 
> presidents, elected bodies, etc. Many will not, though.
>
>Whoopty doo.Tim invents the anarchist wheel.
>
> >>Politically, virtual communities outside the scope of local 
> governmental control may present problems of law enforcement and tax 
> collection. (Some of us like this aspect.) Avoidance of coerced 
> transactions can mean avoidance of taxes, avoidance of laws saying who 
> one can sell to and who one can't, and so forth. It is likely that many 
> will be >>unhappy that some are using cryptography to avoid laws designed 
> to control behavior.
>
>I like the word anarchy so Im going to steal it from its rightful 
>owners,no one will catch me,Im invisible!
>
> >>National borders are becoming more transparent than ever to data. A 
> flood of bits crosses the borders of most developed countries--phone 
> lines, cables, fibers, satellite up/downlinks, and millions of diskettes, 
> tapes, CDs, etc. >Stopping data at the borders is less than hopeless.
>
>Stealing anarchy and loading it up with potted ayn randian,heinleinian 
>lead weight is whats hopeless,mate.
>
> >>Finally, the ability to move data around the world at will, the ability 
> to communicate to remote sites at will, means that a kind of "regulatory 
> arbitrage" can be used to avoid legal roadblocks. For example, remailing 
> into the U.S. from a site in the Netherlands...whose laws apply? (If one 
> thinks that U.S. laws should apply to sites in the Netherlands, does 
> Iraqi law apply in the U.S.? And so on.)
>
>Drone on and on and on all you want,your not going to get far with a 
>rebadged knock off of "anarchy"How do YOU sleep?
>
> >>This regulatory arbitrage is also useful for avoiding the welter of 
> laws and regulations which operations in one country may face, including 
> the "deep pockets" lawsuits so many in the U.S. face. Moving operations 
> on the Net outside a >>litigious jurisdiction is one step to reduce this 
> business liability. Like Swiss banks, but different.
>
>Money,money,money must be funny...in a rich mans dreams.Still theres hope 
>because later in conclusions Tim says
>..."extremely dark things like anonymous markets for killings" may be 
>possible.We live in hope,Tim,hope and ANARCHY!