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I am pretty sure that there are many, many self-appointed decision makers I don't agree with influencing my life every day, every day, every day - since the day I was born.
The avenues for change that you suggest are nostalgia-laden illusions. These avenues for change have been closed for a very long time.
From everything I've heard about the man, I don't think I like Julian Assange much. Personally, I think they made a mistake by letting him become the figurehead because it was obviously going to be very easy to smear him and thus, wikileaks, in the press. But for thoughtful folks the quality of his character is hardly the point. When we talk about wikileaks we are talking about a network of people, not one man. I'm not sure why you continue to conflate his personal character with the wikileaks organization as a whole. Seems kind of reactionary, which is odd coming from you, loquitor.
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