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I have it on good authority that certain cypherpunks have joined the public sector with the secret, explicit goal of helping Ross.

yieldcrv 4y ago
How do I get a message to them I thought it was weird nobody considered donating to a Trump campaign or PAC in exchange for a desired outcome, in 2020 convicts and senators did that to mitigate consequences Free Ross raises enough money and have enough friends to get the conversations going, as seen by this article, so not doing that path seemed to have lacked inspiration Its easy to have tunnel vision, that path was still obvious. It is important that he also doesn't have to pay restitution, but I feel like the state sanctioned Presidential pay for play available in the US would have absolved that too
- anewpersonality 4y ago
  Assange tried the same thing and destroyed his reputation.
  - yieldcrv 4y ago
    Risky, alright
  - toss1 4y ago
    That is not what destroyed Assange's reputation. Working for Putin after he ran out of money did that long before the obscure stunt you mention
- asdfastawa 4y ago
  >> I thought it was weird nobody considered donating to a Trump campaign or PAC in exchange for a desired outcome, in 2020 convicts and senators did that to mitigate consequences This pardon could not have been without some back-story: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned-after-stealing-trade-secrets-from-google.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned...
  - jimmygrapes 4y ago
    Sure you could impute some nefarious/corrupt intent (almost every pardon seems to have some "lobbyist" or personal attached, regardless of the President or even state governors), but the justification quoted in that article seems reasonable enough on its own: > “Mr. Levandowski pled guilty to a single criminal count arising from civil litigation. Notably, his sentencing judge called him a ‘brilliant, groundbreaking engineer that our country needs.’ Mr. Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good.”
- freedomben 4y ago
  From what I know of Trump he is very anti-drug and is a classic moralist (imposing his anti-drug morals by force on others) (despite himself engaging in behavior such as adultery that many people consider immoral). After all he did put that Mississippi guy who thinks the War on Drugs needs to be magnified significantly in as his attorney general. And he (allegedly) is good friends with Eric Ericson who (as a result of his son dying from overdose) has a personal jihad against opioids and wants to throw doctors in jail for prescribing them in good faith, and doesn't care one wit that innocent law abiding people in pain are suffering from his advocacy. I would think Trump is the last person on earth who would be sympathetic to Ulbricht.

yieldcrv 4y ago

How do I get a message to them I thought it was weird nobody considered donating to a Trump campaign or PAC in exchange for a desired outcome, in 2020 convicts and senators did that to mitigate consequences Free Ross raises enough money and have enough friends to get the conversations going, as seen by this article, so not doing that path seemed to have lacked inspiration Its easy to have tunnel vision, that path was still obvious. It is important that he also doesn't have to pay restitution, but I feel like the state sanctioned Presidential pay for play available in the US would have absolved that too

anewpersonality 4y ago
Assange tried the same thing and destroyed his reputation.
- yieldcrv 4y ago
  Risky, alright
- toss1 4y ago
  That is not what destroyed Assange's reputation. Working for Putin after he ran out of money did that long before the obscure stunt you mention
asdfastawa 4y ago
>> I thought it was weird nobody considered donating to a Trump campaign or PAC in exchange for a desired outcome, in 2020 convicts and senators did that to mitigate consequences This pardon could not have been without some back-story: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned-after-stealing-trade-secrets-from-google.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned...
- jimmygrapes 4y ago
  Sure you could impute some nefarious/corrupt intent (almost every pardon seems to have some "lobbyist" or personal attached, regardless of the President or even state governors), but the justification quoted in that article seems reasonable enough on its own: > “Mr. Levandowski pled guilty to a single criminal count arising from civil litigation. Notably, his sentencing judge called him a ‘brilliant, groundbreaking engineer that our country needs.’ Mr. Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good.”
freedomben 4y ago
From what I know of Trump he is very anti-drug and is a classic moralist (imposing his anti-drug morals by force on others) (despite himself engaging in behavior such as adultery that many people consider immoral). After all he did put that Mississippi guy who thinks the War on Drugs needs to be magnified significantly in as his attorney general. And he (allegedly) is good friends with Eric Ericson who (as a result of his son dying from overdose) has a personal jihad against opioids and wants to throw doctors in jail for prescribing them in good faith, and doesn't care one wit that innocent law abiding people in pain are suffering from his advocacy. I would think Trump is the last person on earth who would be sympathetic to Ulbricht.