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When Wikileaks spread information about US war crimes in Iraq it didn’t lead to any uprising in the US at all, protest yes but no uprising. The regime got re-el
by tored 5y ago
When Wikileaks spread information about US war crimes in Iraq it didn’t lead to any uprising in the US at all, protest yes but no uprising. The regime got re-elected.
Instead what did happened was the imprisonments of the journalist Julian Assange.
In the age we live in most citizens, in any country, are powerless, if you peacefully speak up against your own regime you will be doxxed, silenced, arrested, your bank accounts frozen and even be classified as a terrorist. This have been the case in authoritarian countries but now also is common in so called democratic countries too.
Thinking that you create massive change in another country by putting sanctions on that citizenry is naive, not only will they be punished for the sanctions itself but also when speaking up.
- samhw 5y ago> if you peacefully speak up against your own regime you will be doxxed, silenced, arrested, your bank accounts frozen and even be classified as a terrorist > this ... now also is common in so called democratic countries too Uh, in what democratic countries, exactly?
- tored 5y agoA few examples Canada (terrorist, bank accounts frozen) USA (no fly list, bank accounts closed) Sweden & Austria (bank accounts closed) All this with any court order. Doxxing and silencing is done by groups closely related to the regime, e.g. gets funding, like media and ngos.