Godspeed, Assange. Hope you continue fighting the good fight wherever you go next ๐
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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Yeah... I've very mixed feelings about this. On paper, wikileaks was a force for good, but it got taken over by far right/Russian assets.
The legacy is irreparably tainted. He abused a position of influence to push a personal vendetta and in the process, helped the kremlin inject a political cancer into western society.
Assange turned out to be just as much a megalomaniacal, petty little tyrant as those he pointed a sanctimonious finger at, to the cheers of those who saw him as a "friend", when he was only just "the enemy of my enemy".
It was never a force for good. Assange got innocent people murdered because of his actions.
And yet if not for his actions, it would have never come to light that the US military murdered a bunch of innocent people including Reuters journalists in 2007. I know it sucks how Wikileaks curates info, and ideally this should be handled in a way that's less exploitable by foreign governments, but to me, it seems they are vigilantes doing stuff because the US justice system wouldn't.
I mean, look at the Trump prosecution. If you had proof of the DNC doing its antidemocratic shit to prevent anyone who is not in big corp pockets getting elected, does the Trump prosecution inspire confidence that if you just made a police report, anything would happen?
I hope he goes home and takes it easy, he did enough
They took a $300 000 flight to Australia. I guess that's the price when you order on the same day, but what's the hurry?
Sure, I understand the desire to get the fuck out of UK after so many years, but I suppose he'll be checking in to some hotel on arrival anyway. Asking for crowdfunding for a flight seems a little out of touch..
I have no clue what this means. But I do remember that he's been fighting for something for a very long time
Mostly, he's been doing the dirty work for Russia.
I thought Russia does the dirty work for Russia. But ok.