The Crypto Winter

[David Honig]

At 08:46 PM 11/21/01 -0800, Petro wrote:
>
>	Not necessarily. It is argued both that Libertarians are 
>chicken-shit anarchists (afraid to take the last step)  or that 
>Anarchists are just extreme Libertarians.

Only teenagers and similar posers would make that mistake.
(Not necess meaning you)  Let them ask mom for a marker so they 
can scribble a circle-A somewhere... after doing their homework.


>	Also, keep in mind that there are many "anarchist" philosophies, in 
>fact almost as many as there are anarchists, and all of them (well most 
>of them) have rules or laws.

"While acknowledging himself an Anarchist, he does not state to what branch
of the organization he belongs" ---Discussing Leon Czolgosz' shooting of
President William McKinley 


>	No. Libertarians are for "free markets", which are inherently 
>capitalistic in nature, but the reverse is not true.  There are many 
>*wealthy* capitalists who are all for strongly regulated markets and 
>high barriers to entry. One could argue that they are not Capitalists.

Those are philosophical parasites.  Like a congressvermin who campaigns
on liberty and once in office destroys it.

But in the other direction, yes, libs are obligate laissez faire which implies
they accept that the universe encourages capitalism.


>> 3. nonsensical --cryptography is a neutral technology with debatable  
>> social consequences
>
>	The "Crypto-" part of "Crypto-Anarchist" may in fact have nothing 
>at all to do with cryptography.

Not in the context of this list.


>> 4. one poster's label; and anyone can post here
>> Your milage may vary.
>
>	Not by much. It's almost always between 48 and 51 MPG.

If you think the quality of posts here varies so little, well,
ignorance is bliss :-)