"aristotle has pointed out that democracy has many points of resemblance with tyranny. it was he who first told us how a democracy as well as a tyranny, may become a despotism." nicholas murray butler
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"radical politics, code and cryptography were the stimulants of choice for cypherpunks." brendan mccallum
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"the cypherpunks believed that together, encryption, anonymity, crypto currencies and leaking platforms would provide them the ability to re-shape the world." craig jarvis
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"give me two lines written by the hand of the most honest of men and i will find something in them which will hang him." richelieu
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"crypto anarchy is liberating individuals from coercion by their physical neighbors —who cannot know who they are on the net or what they are doing— and from governments." tim c. may
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"crypto anarchy basically undermines democracy: it removes behaviors and transactions from the purview of the mob. and once crypto is deeply entwined into the fabric of life and commerce, it will be too late to pull the plug." tim c. may
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"'the net is an anarchy.' this truism is the core of crypto anarchy. no central control, no ruler, no leader […] no 'laws.'" tim c. may
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"the basic right of free speech is the right to speak in a language one’s neighbors or governing leaders may not find comprehensible: encrypted speech." tim c. may
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"a basic credo of the cypherpunks movement has been that technological solutions are preferable to administrative or legislative solutions." tim c. may
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una tarde flamenca con el marqués de sade.
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crypto anarchy: a technological solution to the problem of too much government.
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the menace of the herd.
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"if the collective is weakened and the individual strengthened by the fact that I have the power of cheap guns, cars, computers, telecoms, and crypto then the collective has been weakened and we should ease the transition to a society based on voluntary rather than coerced interaction." duncan frissell
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"freedom is, practically, given as much (or more) by the tools we can build to protect it."
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"public speech is not a series of public speeches, but
rather one's own words spoken openly and without shame." eric hughes
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"crypto anarchy is the logical outgrowth of strong crypto." tim c. may
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"computerization is robbing individuals of the ability to monitor and control the ways information about them is used. […] the foundation is being laid for a dossier society, in which computers could be used to infer individuals' lifestyles, habits, whereabouts, and associations from data collected in ordinary consumer transactions." david chaum, 1985
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"use of crypto = right to speak as you wish." tim c. may
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"detailed central planning is impossible; don't even try." lucasfilm's habitat
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"don't get mad, get even. write code.” tim c. may
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