From: Juan <juan.g71@gmail.com>
   On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:19:38 -0400
   Steve Kinney <[1]admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:
   >> 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.
   >   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 political
   >    problems.
   Not yet, anyway.
           Jim Bell

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