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Are_we_sure ago

Except that was not the content of that page when Assange DMed him.

Also, this is your big takeaway from this news?

OldGoatNewCoat ago

Who said wikileaks was neutral and unbiased? I've only seen the claim that they're reliable and accurate, never that they had no motives of their own.

LionElTrump ago

Who says they are not neutral and unbiased? Only the people accused of course!

OldGoatNewCoat ago

I'm not accused and I'll say they're biased/non-neutral. The timing of leaks is considered, and Assange doesn't want to live in an embassy until he rots.

It's just a false dichotomy, it's entirely possible for the organization to be biased and push a self-serving agenda (Assange wants safe haven somewhere), while also serving the good of the many.

It's actually very similar to the false dichotomy around Trump: I've heard a lot of people suggest that he only ran for the presidency because of his ego as though that is necessarily a bad thing. But I feel that if he ran for his ego, that's reassuring, because his ego would take a massive hit if he went down in history as a failed president. Whereas if he goes down in history as "the man who saved america", his ego will be thrilled.

Sometimes, what is good for the individual is also good for the many.

bopper ago

Exactly, about Trump. False dichotomy. Why can't both be correct. I think you said it well. Congrats, you are thinking. This is something that would be helpful to many if they could refrain from just thinking either / or. It's not that simple w/ the man and his agenda.

OldGoatNewCoat ago

As far as Trump goes, I accept that I only have access to the least important information: What happens in the public sphere. What goes on behind closed doors is anybody's guess, and mine is about as good as anyone else's, so I don't bother dwelling on what my guess is precisely.

Belief is a powerful thing, strong enough to turn ordinary men into living gods (pharaohs), if those men truly lack any spark/touch of the divine, that merely lends more credence to the sheer power of belief. In my mind, whether humans drive belief or belief drives human behavior is a foolish question, it's asking which part of the wheel drives itself.

The man's antics make me laugh in the face of darkness, and I think that's one of the strongest factors of belief there is: Danger, darkness and despair are all a part of this world, but their strongest power is that which we give them, so why give them anything but laughter? Why cower in fear at terrorists when instead you can call them gullible losers? The act has already been done, you're not going to deradicalize them from suburbia, so just laugh at the losers duped by the forces of evil. You'd have to be a dummy to work for evil!

It's honestly great. Words are so lacking for the light that has been put into my heart over the course of the last year. Who could have imagined a world where all it took to show me the beauty of God's creation was Donald-Fucking-Trump being elected President of the USA? The gods gave us this world to laugh and love in, and isn't Donald-Fucking-Trump as POTUS all the evidence we need of that fact?

bopper ago

Words are so lacking for the light that has been put into my heart over the course of the last year.

Nice. And to think there's more to come. There is, trust me. (Don't mean to sound condescending. But keep a very, very open mind. Big things are coming. It will be traumatizing for normies, and a spiritual awakening for many ... anon, whether legit or not, mentioned The Great Awakening ... that was an historical event.)

Really like your comments.