Assange and Putin have little in common philosophically, other than a desire to challenge unchecked US power in the world. Putin challenges the unipolarity of t

Assange and Putin have little in common philosophically, other than a desire to challenge unchecked US power in the world. Putin challenges the unipolarity of the post Cold War world - see address to Munich Security Council 10 years go - and controls the media to bolster oligarchy. The man has a billion dollar house on his modest civil servant salary. Julian is for free markets and open information. The only places their worldviews intersect is dislike for American neocon foreign policy, and so they are both demonized in the NYT, WaPo etc. If Bernie was elected, I could easily see Julian turn on Vlad.