Re: SOC: Luddite Call to Action

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Mon Aug 14 2000 - 09:45:24 MDT


Michael Wiik wrote:
>
> Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Yes, Kazinski is like Mao, Marx, Lenin, or Jesus H Christ to these
> > people, and his Manifesto is widely read and has seemed to be the
> > trigger incident for the formation of this movement beyond the west
> > coast EarthFirsters...
>
> Purely hypothetical, what would be a good extropian attitude to take if
> it could be shown that the most serious danger in the short-term future
> would be the rise of ubiquitious law enforcement? Personally I see this
> as a more immediate threat than the oft-discussed nanowar scenario.
>
> If a worker in Nazi-occupied Europe throws a monkey wrench into the
> machinery, is he a Luddite?

Sabotaging government law enforcement technology is good old libertarian
activism. Its not luddism. Ludd never went after British government facilities,
he and his people went after wool processing mills and mass manufacturers of
simple furniture.

I plan on busting police camera systems for as long as I can. Doesn't mean I
won't use camera systems for my own security system on my own property. If Spike
or Zero tries to do any eavesdropping, they're gonna get their chips emped.



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