TIL about the "'New York Times problem'—the dilemma of indicting Assange for the very same kind of investigative journalism that mainstream media engages frequently" - eviltoast
Why is Biden Prosecuting Assange for Telling the Truth about Afghanistan?
www.newsweek.com
Julian Assange warned the public that the goal in Afghanistan "is to have an endless war, not a successful war."

Two of us, Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, testified for Assange at his extradition hearing last year. In Ellsberg’s words then, the WikiLeaks publications that Assange is being charged for are “amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behavior that have been made public in U.S. history.” The American public “needed urgently to know what was being done routinely in their name, and there was no other way for them to learn it than by unauthorized disclosure.”

  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOP
    274·
    1 year ago

    We see the world in different ways.

    I see it as exposing corruption within our institutions of power.

    I think you see it as, just crimes… and you miss the importance of what these people have risked to inform the public.

    It was ground breaking everytime these leaks happen. The problem is that propaganda machines and MSM twist it to lessen the impact everytime. Pitting the common people against those that help see the truth.

    edit: words

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOP
        52·
        1 year ago

        I tend to somewhat stay hopeful:

        Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there’s enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better, much more rational, deeply secular, whereas hope looks at the evidence and says, “It doesn’t look good at all. Doesn’t look good at all. Gonna go beyond the evidence to create new possibilities based on visions that become contagious to allow people to engage in heroic actions always against the odds, no guarantee whatsoever.” That’s hope. I’m a prisoner of hope, though. Gonna die a prisoner of hope. -Cornel West

        Take the wins with the losses.

        Coming together to learn and teach, like we do on social media, by talking and interacting with people of different views and backgrounds.

        This is a more hopeful than ignoring or name calling people we do not agree with.

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOP
        32·
        1 year ago

        To me, I try to stay some what hopeful:

        Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there’s enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better, much more rational, deeply secular, whereas hope looks at the evidence and says, “It doesn’t look good at all. Doesn’t look good at all. Gonna go beyond the evidence to create new possibilities based on visions that become contagious to allow people to engage in heroic actions always against the odds, no guarantee whatsoever.” That’s hope. I’m a prisoner of hope, though. Gonna die a prisoner of hope. -Cornel West

        Here ae more quotes, if you are interested: Source where I found the one above.

        https://www.azquotes.com/author/15512-Cornel_West

        Need to take the wins where we can,