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Re:The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988) by duncan_bayne on Thursday June 15, 2017 @05:51PM (#14564710)
I'm not an anarchist myself. But what exactly do you think we have now, in many Western countries? There is more than one way to end up with a Rumsfeld or Cheney in power.
Re:The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988) by _jal on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:40PM (#14565696)
I'm actually sympathetic to your viewpoint, but there is a very real difference between hereditary despots-for-life and imperfectly-constitutionally constrained, term-limited assholes-in-chief.
Re:The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988) by duncan_bayne on Sunday June 18, 2017 @04:14AM (#14579591)
Indeed. I fear though that one is a stepping stone to the other.