If you imagine a world where non-nationalist universal civil liberties is a reality you may find Assange's political agenda makes sense. While Snowden and other

If you imagine a world where non-nationalist universal civil liberties is a reality you may find Assange's political agenda makes sense. While Snowden and others came to the idea of universal civil liberties only after being buffed for questioning the debasement of US civil liberties Assange started from this principle from the outset. 100 years from now I'm pretty confident that people will consider our debate of Assange and find little merit in pegging his actions to a purely personal ego motivation. But this is just my opinion and I understand how differentiating the personal motives of Assange from the broader motives, with many placing heavier weight on the former, is possible. I think his mind lives in a better world and he just doesn't have the patience to wait for it. And you may be right about Assange defending a myth. Then again, myth and vision can often be impossible to distinguish. On another note: famous people just got a different set of problems.