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In reply to the discussion: Assange to UN: 'It is time for the US to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks' [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Your vision of missed "potential" doesn't change that. What Wikileaks accomplished is without precedent. Enormous. Whatever it is now, that cannot change what was achieved. What Wikileaks is now is very much a product of the relentless financial and political attack. How easily you ignore the actions of Amazon and Mastercard, the BoA subcontractor plot, the many public threats to Assange's life by politicians, the threats to US citizens for merely reading the cables online, the Virginia grand jury, the designation of Wikileaks as "enemy." Who wouldn't crack, Mr. Purity? Wikileaks is not a savior, or a menu for you to choose from. Wikileaks is not the only org that can or will do the same things in the future. Wikileaks has shown what is possible, and there will be successors. Its main potential now remaining is in the example, and this is why so much is being done to take revenge on Assange and make a negative example of him.