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Egalitarianism vs. Strong Cryptography
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In Message-Id: <[email protected]>, Mike Duvos
wrote:
> No personal attack intended. I am a strong supporter of
> egalitarian societies with strong social safety nets, and think
> that youth emancipation will likely be the next big civil rights
> movement in this country. I am also willing to pay high taxes in
> order to feel secure that all citizen-units are suitably housed,
> well-fed, and taken care of. This is entirely self-serving on my
> part, since it cuts down on social unrest and street crime.
Yet in the present message he observes that
> The lesson to be learned here is that societies based on a
> diffuse "Web of Trust" organization are far less dangerous than
> those based on a powerful centralized authority. A powerful
> centralized authority inevitably devolves into interacting with
> its subjects using the protocol...
> Do What We Say Or We'll Kill You!
> Or in its more tasteful two-part form...
> 1. Do What We Say.
> 2. You're Under Arrest, And If You Resist,
> We'll Kill You.
> At that point, Wars, Wacos, Encryption Bans, and BBS Porno Show
> trials lurk just around the corner.
Mike Duvos, how I wish I had the time to try to understand how you
reconcile these seemingly incompatible sentiments!
How can you achieve ``egalitarian societies with strong social safety
nets'' without using ``powerful centralized authority''? As a proponent
of ``high taxes'', how can you also favor strong cryptography? Do you
doubt that expropriating ``high taxes'' from your neighbor will be made
more difficult in a world with strong cryptography? In view of the
natural diversity among people, how can you achieve an ``egalitarian
society'' without someone who says ``Do What We Say Or We'll Kill
You!''?
John E. Kreznar | Relations among people to be by
[email protected] | mutual consent, or not at all.
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