an ominous comment

[rysiek]

Dnia środa, 22 lipca 2015 20:33:33 Juan pisze:
> 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:
> > >> 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.

There is a world of difference between "A is politically significant" and "A 
solves political problems".

Try religion. Religion is absurdly politically significant, but I wager we can 
all agree it doesn't really *solve* political problems.

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Pozdrawiam,
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

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