-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 10:05 AM -0500 on 2/13/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> Is it possible to pull off a project like this in a > crypto-anarcho-capitalistic society? It's easy to imagine, whether it's possible, maybe you need bearer transactions :-), a swarm of privateers, someday. > Don't get me wrong -- I think the more Burger Kings in Baghdad the > better. I'm just wondering if the grand and literally top-down > project you describe can only be accomplished by an authoritarian > state? Nah. Think India. An entirely private operation until they merged it with Headquarters a hundred years later. "Your Majesty is now the Empress of India. One hopes you are amused..." Heck, go read some Patrick O'Brien Jack Aubrey Books. The Royal Navy earned its own keep with prizes, etc., until long after the Napoleonic wars... Come to think of it, the rise of book-entry settlement cooincides nicely with the end of war for profit. <John-Birch-Conspiracy-Announcer> None *dare* call it conspiracy </J-B-C-A> Just unwind the ball of string, boys and girls, and see what's inside... Cheers, RAH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 - not licensed for commercial use: www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBPkwf48PxH8jf3ohaEQKP1gCgggi9UFrCVVZ5X1EtotUI/fwDqaQAoOpd XJZGphjb8BSG7J8O6ZXc5AIB =N09O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Stephen looked sharply round, saw the decanter, smelt to the sloth, and cried, 'Jack, you have debauched my sloth.'" -- Patrick O'Brian, 'H.M.S. Surprise'
