Fight the American impulse to introduce a "kill switch" to shut off the internet.
Wake up.
People.
If someone sends me a petition...I'm signing.
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I watched Julian Assange on 60 Minutes. He said nothing we already knew. It IS an unwarranted, ignorant attack laced with ad hominens by the U.S. government and certain commentators.
He said two things people always tend to dismiss or underestimate when it comes to freedom. He could not exist if the people who leaked the sources didn't trust his site and without funding from the people. That he is able to garner donations directly from the people is an amazing thing. Makes you wonder just how utterly pointless "political" sites who live off subsidies really are. They are fake. He is real.
The ability to choose and spend their money as they see fit is something we've lost. We're often forced into paying for things we may not necessarily want. Wikileaks succeeds because the PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT IT TO SUCCEED.
Political parties can only wish they had this kind of "will of the people."
Wikileaks is real power because it threatens the "illusion of control" as he put it. He couldn't be more right. The people have an outlet. A conduit to force accountability where institutions lack them. It was bound to happen. You can't be a society of good conscience without someone questioning authority.
He also asserted the spirit of Wikileaks is truer to the philosophical foundations of the United States and its founding fathers singling out Jefferson and Madison. I don't know what they would think of Wikileaks, but in terms of sovereignty of the people, and all the natural and healthy distrust Americans had of government, I think he's right.
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