On 10/19/2016 03:13 PM, grarpamp wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 4:15 PM, juan <juan....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Wonder if teh internet sees Trump as the candidate for >>> freedom on the internet... >> >> >> Why? Exposing the left-wing fascists shouldn't entail any kind >> of support for other fascists. > > All other things equal, yes. But why? Who knows, one of > many possible observations that could be made... > > Trump is now directly quoting and praising wikileaks and > through that elevating the surrounding parts of the internet / > actors / voices / tech that are making wikileaks happen and possible. > So it's a happy deal between them. At least until the tide of > the intertubes turns its focus elsewhere. But still, for right now, > a deal that will last and profit so long as they remain friends. > (Whether or not the internet should take friends is another subject.) > Meanwhile Hillary et al seem to be doing all they can, including > breaking law and ethic, just to stop the flow of sunshine, of information... > ie: to stop teh internets, like Arab Spring in reverse. > The internet doesn't like that, at all, *do not like!*
And it's not just Wikileaks supporters, cypherpunks, etc. If you follow HN, you see that it's also libertarian Internet entrepreneurs. And not just the anarcho-capitalist fringe. It reminds me of the crypto war that helped destroy Al Gore. > And tor project is busy kissing the left as usual. :) > The internet doesn't seem to have much activity or interest in > doxing Trump, probably because he's mostly a brick and mortar > sort of business, not really a politician with any deep geopolitical > conspiracies to crack. I suspect deep connections to the Russian mafia, via his activity on the Jersey Shore. He and Putin are both old school kleptocrats. > Which leaves whatever media big scoop of grabbing pussy as > just a meme and moment of comic relief for them as it is, > before they get back to real business doxing the left. :)