Julian Assange announces WikiLeaks Party's federal election candidates

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24 points·abdullahkhalids··2 comments

Australia is a free country, and voters can vote as they please, but on my part I have completely lost respect for Wikileaks. Decrying the mistakes of the most free, most voter-responsive countries while becoming a fellow traveler with a variety of dictatorships is not what I expected of Wikileaks four years ago or so when a friend suggested that I "like" Wikileaks on Facebook. An Australian commentator

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/some-secrets-b...

expresses in the commentator's choice of words the thoughts I have about why you and I and the world are not gaining freedom through the actions of Wikileaks and its supporters recently. I respect anyone's right to disagree with me (and would be happy to hear your reasons for your disagreement), but on my part I will be glad to see Wikileaks fizzle out as a movement and as an organization, despite my former support for Wikileaks.

I believe he's made a couple of obvious (maybe naive) mistakes, but he has the right mindset, has shown that he is willing to sacrifice a lot. He definitely deserves our support.

IMO, he should just not be left alone at the top of WikiLeaks, it should be a little bit more "democratic". I am of course fully aware that collaboration always means a certain risk of being infiltrated.

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