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And then he killed himself to set off moronic conspiracy theories as a final FU to the USA.
by nullsmack 5y ago
And then he killed himself to set off moronic conspiracy theories as a final FU to the USA.
- colordrops 5y agoWhich is more believable, that he was murdered, or that he killed himself to troll people?
- willis936 5y agoTruly the latter. He was not a well-adjusted, grounded individual. Also, what benefit is there to the US to kill him? They already won. Being able to kill people you have custody of is a weak message compared to "nowhere is safe from us".
- colordrops 5y agoThey don't want him in the press talking. And it sends a message.
- willis936 5y agoThe message was already sent: you can't flee from the IRS once you are a target. Showing you're not afraid to kill enemies isn't nearly as chilling.
- watwut 5y agoPrisoners dont get to talk to press all that much. You are 100% of time under controll. And having him in prison for long sends even better message then maybe-murder-maybe-not.
- Gigamo 5y agoHe was literally tweeting up until a few days ago. What makes you think he'd need the press to "unveil" anything "they" "don't want him talking about"?
- colordrops 5y agoNo one was paying attention to his tweets. He'd get a lot of attention in an extradition.
- CRConrad 5y agoWhat high-level conspiracies was he supposed to have been a party to, that he could have leaked?
- bingidingi 5y agoThey don't want him in the press talking about what exactly? He didn't exactly come across as a guy that would flee to central america to keep decades-long secrets.
- julianeon 5y agoHe didn't kill himself to troll people, really. He killed himself to damage the reputation of the US government. He couldn't escape from imprisonment, and he couldn't do much to harm the government. But he could do this. It was the most he could do, so (I think) it's what he did.
- rchaud 5y agoHow would the reputation of the US government be affected? McAfee is not a popular international figure, and he's not a martyr for any kind of cause that people will rally around.
- timmytokyo 5y agoThe reputation of the US government will not be affected. But I can imagine that in McAfee's confused mind, it would be.
- colordrops 5y agoEveryone here seems to have some inside track on McAffe's mental state. It's so ridiculous presumptuous, when we barely have an understanding of the mental state of those close to us.
- CRConrad 5y agoSo how do you know he wouldn't have killed himself...?
- colordrops 5y agoI'm not stating anything with certainty, but he said multiple times over the years that authorities were threatening him with exactly this, a staged suicide, to the point that he even got it tattooed on himself, because he knew the media would push a narrative claiming he was crazy and suicidal. People are going so far as to say that he killed himself to troll people. The lengths people will go to avoid facing the truth that their leaders are sociopathic gangsters is extreme.
- svloop 5y agoDo you realize you are ditching a conspiracy with a conspiracy?
- DFHippie 5y agoWhich raises an interesting question: can a conspiracy consist of a single person? How about if that person speaks to himself? More to your point -- replacing one weakly substantiated theory with another -- there are still degrees of plausibility among unsubstantiated theories.