Democracy is our enemy

David Honig honig at sprynet.com
Tue Sep 25 07:58:48 PDT 2001


At 01:49 AM 9/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Difference: Cypherpunks distrust democracy, at least unfettered from its
>democratic republic roots in the U.S., because it has proven an uncertain
>safeguard of liberty. Bin Laden & co distrust democracy because it permits
>too much liberty.
>
>-Declan

More compactly: 
Democracy is mob rule.  Bin Laden & The Holding Company want to be that mob, 
and for it to be ruled by sharia.





More information about the cypherpunks-legacy mailing list