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In reply to the discussion: Wikileaks server now located in Moscow? [View all]MineralMan
(151,273 posts)6. Julian Assange is an anarchist.
His goal, along with Bannon's, is to dismantle governments and create chaotic conditions that will lead the way to a simpler tyrannical government system. Assange, of course, will be a close adviser to those tyrannies. Putin, on the other hand, is such a tyrant. As long as Assange is useful to him, he will allow Julian to live.
Assange was never a leftist, unless you consider anarchy to be a leftist philosophy.
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I suspect it always was a Russian disinformation operation. From the very first video.
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#2
And by the way, Russian state media has always loved Wikileaks from the get go.
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#4
Thanks for that. I hadn't seen it but its just more evidence of what I was talking about.
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#27
I think that was how Assange spun himself and it was a cute reason for doing what he was doing
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#10
Again, I think that is how he would spin it. The Russian DNS entry and always coming down on the
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#14
Every day, reporters should shout to Agent Orange: "Do you still love Wikileaks?"
lagomorph777
Mar 2017
#12
Let's see, October 2016. I'm trying to remember what was about to happen...
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2017
#20
Every time the media reports on wikileaks, they should have a disclaimer
GreatCaesarsGhost
Mar 2017
#25
Hard for me to imagine that the only governments that leak are all Western governments
Yavin4
Mar 2017
#40
Funny how that works. It's really obvious when you think about it. Some folks, and you see one
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#44