an ominous comment

[Juan]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:19:38 -0400
Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:

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> On 07/22/2015 06:03 PM, Juan wrote:
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> >> The cypherpunks formed a house of many rooms. The only thing
> >> they all shared was an understanding of the political 
> >> significance of cryptography and the willingness to fight for
> >> privacy and unfettered freedom in cyberspace.
> > 
> > A flawed understanding it seems.
> 
> Oi, group identity in any anarchist-friendly venue can't be
> enforced by any kind of coercive authority, else it is not an
> anarchist-friendly venue.  Fighting over the definition of the
> group is only fun until somebody wins.


	Apologies, my last remark wasn't too clear. 


	"understanding of the political significance of cryptography" 

	What I meant is that cypherpunks seem to put too much
	emphasis on the political benefits and 'significance' of
	crypto when in reality crypto doesn't really solve politicals
	problems. 

		





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