> This exposes the sham that is western "democracy". Comparing western democracy to Venezuela is facetious at best, but I agree it's a sham. Just for entirely

> This exposes the sham that is western "democracy". Comparing western democracy to Venezuela is facetious at best, but I agree it's a sham. Just for entirely different reasons. If people really cared about this issue, then western democracy still has checks and balances for the people to make change. The problem is Assange has long become a boring item in the news cycle, and we as a people in that democracy just don't care enough anymore. The narrative of him being a rapist, and letting it simmer for enough years, was very effective.