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The only dupes at this point are the useful idiots who still support WikiLeaks. It has long since passed from being anything useful into being an cult of perso
by evgen 6y ago
The only dupes at this point are the useful idiots who still support WikiLeaks. It has long since passed from being anything useful into being an cult of personality built around Assange.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI'd call it halfway between cult of personality and idealistic belief that maximizing free flow of information maximizes beneficial outcomes without attention to measuring whether that assumption is true. It turns out some secrets are harmful, and some are helpful to the stable function of a society. Practically speaking, I believe it is hard to make a case that Wikileaks has been a net positive, unless one can see a president Trump as part of a net positive story. On the flip side, history is also dotted with obvious examples of secret keeping resulting in long-term damage. The truth, I think, is that the beneficial nature of secrets is something you can only evaluate situationally.