{}coin: good enough for election politics?

Jim Bell jamesdbell8 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 23 22:09:52 PST 2014


From: James A. Donald <jamesd at echeque.com>

On 2014-01-24 09:30, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:16:58AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
>> On 2014-01-24 02:56, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
>>> Anil Dash fancies himself an authority, and fancies his position to be
>>> one from which enforcing his prejudices constitutes acceptable
>>> behaviour. The only authority he actually holds is money

>>> You are factually wrong:  The authority Anil holds is government
>>> money and government permissions.  He is on the revolving door
>>> between regulators and regulated.

>> Are you referring to the fact that whatever currency he holds is fiat
>> currency, or to his role as (e.g.) director of Expert Labs, or
>> something else? (I know little about the man's history, just glanced
>> at his LinkedIn.)
>Expert labs is a "Government 2.0 initiative that aims to connect United 
>States government projects with citizens who want to become more 
>involved in the political discussion".

>In other words, he is a political commissar.  Expert labs is an NGO. 
>NGO is code for GO, for when NGOs advertise jobs, they generally 
>advertise those jobs as government employment.

Hmmm, I thought that _I_ invented the concept of "Government 2.0" 
when I wrote my "Assassination Politics" essay in 1995-96.  Or perhaps
I should have called it, "Government Omega.Omega".
       Jim Bell
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