How Do We Escape Computer Controlled Propaganda Flow

Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 punks at tfwno.gf
Mon Nov 9 12:00:03 PST 2020


On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:46:00 -0600
"\\0xDynamite" <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Cryptography can
> > > make votes unalterable, dialogue unhidable.
> >
> >         you need to identify people to make 'votes unalterable' - the very opposite of anonimity.
> 
> So which do you prefer:  accountability or anonymity?  The power goes
> both ways.  Pick one.


	This is the cypherpunks mailing list? Weren't cypherpunks advocates of anonimity or something? 



> 
> > > Math could show clear
> > > statistics of what influences behavior and information flow, and for
> > > whom.
> >
> >         but all those things are controlled by political power. 'information flow' is controlled by US corporations at a global scale for instance.
> 
> No these things are not just controlled by political power.


	I mean, abstract mathematics is obviously NOT controlled by political power, but all the infrastructure clearly is. 

	Point being, cryptography by itself will get you nowhere, AND cryptography is a pretty toxic tool in the hands of the political powers that control its practical application.


 
> \0xd



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