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I've never gotten the impression that Ulbricht was a psychopath or anything similar. He always came across as a naive idealist, caught way over their head in a
by dublinben 12y ago
I've never gotten the impression that Ulbricht was a psychopath or anything similar. He always came across as a naive idealist, caught way over their head in a conspiracy they never expected to succeed. He openly admits in his diary that he practiced terrible OpSec, and didn't care much.
- knodi123 12y agoYeah, the hollywood version is fait accompli.
- Touche 12y agoThis article doesn't make him look like an idealist at all. It makes him look like an entrepreneur that cares about success about all else. The idealism seemed to come later, as a justification.
- RottenHuman 12y agoBeing an idealist and entrepreneur who wants to be successful are not mutually exclusive at all.
- Touche 12y agoWho said it was?
- spiralpolitik 12y agoHindsight is 20/20. Sometimes you don't realize you need OpSec above a certain level until after the fact and by them it's too late.
- mercurial 12y agoConsidering they busted Anonymous' "Commander X" the same way, he should have been forewarned.
- davidgerard 12y agoYeah, the one where he tried to recruit hitmen made him seem a lot less idealistic. Maybe it's just me.