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Uhm, Assange’s mission is to expose abuse by members of powerful organizations, directed at protecting their own positions and covering up abuses with more of t
by eecc 7y ago
Uhm, Assange’s mission is to expose abuse by members of powerful organizations, directed at protecting their own positions and covering up abuses with more of the same.
- metalliqaz 7y agoperhaps at one time it was. now his mission is to stay out of prison.
- jhayward 7y agoFunny how he ended up being Putin's bitch and working with the GRU to throw the US presidential election to Trump then, isn't it?
- threeseed 7y agoBut only if they organizations align with his world view. Never saw anything from Wikileaks criticising the Trump or Russian administration even though they are two of the most egregious abusers of norms.
- root_axis 7y agoAssange is a political actor. This is especially clear after his explicit support of Trump during the U.S. 2016 elections. Of course, being a political actor doesn't negate the substance of the revelations he facilitated, but his agenda definitely isn't based out of an objective desire to speak truth to power.