From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 07:30:12 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Threat Model: Biowar
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nobody@hidden.net (Anonymous) writes:

> Highly contagious airborne diseases are known to exist.  Germ warfare
> laboratories are also known to exist.  The owners of these labs will
> do anything to get and keep power.
>
> The Internet and crypto-anarchy threatens those who currently have
> power.  How will they respond?
>
> One response would be a biowarfare attack on the civilian population.
> Ironically, this would be seen to legitimize central authority.  A
> problem would have been created ("by terrorists").  Strong authority
> would be seen by most as the solution.  An epidemic may be used to
> justify ID check points everywhere, the careful monitoring of civilian
> activities, and control of all movement within the country.
>
> >From the rulers' point of view, the biowarfare attack has the
> additional attraction that it isolates people, which makes control
> easier.  While it may be harder to put somebody in jail, communities
> are easily controlled when you can limit their food supply.

AIDS was very beneficial to humankind by killing many sexual perverts
and drug addicts.  I wish other future epidemics would be as successful.

By the way, does anyone remember the AUM group in Japan, which was also
active in Russia? I never worked for them directly myself, but I knew
someone who did.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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