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Let's not forget that it isn't 100% the right that likes to deny banking to "undesirables" - the Obama administration put the kibosh on Wikileaks funding throug
by msandford 8y ago
Let's not forget that it isn't 100% the right that likes to deny banking to "undesirables" - the Obama administration put the kibosh on Wikileaks funding through questionable means: https://wikileaks.org/Banking-Blockade.html https://wikileaks.org/Banking-Blockade.html
It's very much a "people in charge" vs "people not in charge" rather than "this political ideology" vs "that political ideology"
- icebraining 8y agoObama is center-right by European standards.
- dantillberg 8y agoMaybe you like what Wikileaks has done, but if a group solicits and then publishes huge troves of your nation's secrets, it's kind of hard to distinguish the group's actions from those of a hostile foreign power. I used to be a fan myself, but nowadays I can't figure out why Americans don't all consider Assange to be either a malicious spy or a malicious insurgency. They're definitely not on the USA government's side, and it's not clear to me that they're on my side, either, but they're definitely on some side, and they are on the attack.
- ghthor 8y agoMaybe you're not on the best side? Just a question to ask yourself. IMO wikileaks is a natural evolution being pushed by this fact that we feel less and less like we have the right checks and balances on the actions and decisions of the US government.
- marssaxman 8y agoI am a US citizen and it is blatantly obvious that the US government is not on my side. "My" nation shouldn't have those secrets in the first place. They clearly can't keep themselves honest, so it's good that someone has found a clever way of forcing them to deal with it.