Re:The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
by dasil003 on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:40AM
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I wouldn't say they do it because they feel threatened—how often do bureaucrats genuinely feel threatened? Most likely they are just legitimately trying to do their jobs, and the natural tendency will be to seek any power available that seems relevant to that task. Does any individual or organization ever voluntarily cede power?
What powerful tool is I incrementalism that the whole population has forgotten that we used to be private individuals.
The unification of the human race by the Internet now threatens the relevance of overgrown governments and banks. That's why they fight us.