From: jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 01:13:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [noise] the individual and the tribe
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Rob said:

> ... in the sense that
>tribal societies are individualist.

I absolutely don't agree.  The subordination of the individual to the tribe
is fundamental of their vision of the world.  Individualism is not about the
personnal opinions, it is about the vision of Man as an entity in itself, not
a type of cattle that owe his service to the collectivity of the tribe.

Crypto makes the tribe (and it's sorcerers) loose their grip... :)

JFA