How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by brnt on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:07AM (#36859800)

> personal weaponry

It's really only just the US being an outlier here. There's no other western country where people think it's normal or a fundamental right to carry automatic weaponry.

I therefore cannot see the comparison to encrypted communication. Everyone communicates, increasingly through software. To keep things that once were private private, encryption is a key ingredient.

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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by catiopatio on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:21AM (#36861810)

There’s also no other western country with anything nearly as strong as the first amendment.

Not sure what your point is.

(Also, the production of new automatic weapons for the civilian market has been illegal since 1986, and civilian ownership of automatic weapons is heavily regulated).

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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by brnt on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:09AM (#36874901)

The point is that it's a comparison that holds only in a tiny part of the world, which means to comparison is meaningless.

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