caitlin here posts twenty one thoughts about the empires assault on truth in the form of julian assange;
1. I write a lot about the plight of Julian Assange for the same
reason I write a lot about the Iraq invasion: his persecution, when
sincerely examined, exposes undeniable proof that we are ruled by a
transnational power establishment which is immoral and dishonest to its
core.
2. Assange started a leak outlet on the premise that corrupt
and unaccountable power is a problem in our world, and that the problem
can be fought with the light of truth. Corrupt and unaccountable power
has responded by detaining, silencing and smearing him. The persecution
of Assange has proved his thesis about the world absolutely correct.
3.
Anyone who offends the US-centralized empire will find themselves
subject to a trial by media, and the media are owned by the same
plutocratic class which owns the empire. To believe what mass media news
outlets tell you about those who stand up to imperial power is to
ignore reality.
4. Corrupt and unaccountable power uses its
political and media influence to smear Assange because, as far as the
interests of corrupt and unaccountable power are concerned, killing his
reputation is as good as killing him. If everyone can be paced into
viewing him with hatred and revulsion, they’ll be far less likely to
take WikiLeaks publications seriously, and they’ll be far more likely to
consent to Assange’s silencing and imprisonment. Someone can be
speaking 100 percent truth to you, but if you’re suspicious of him you
won’t believe anything he’s saying. If they can manufacture that
suspicion with total or near-total credence, then as far as our rulers
are concerned it’s as good as putting a bullet in his head............https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/12/17/twenty-one-thoughts-on-the-persecution-of-julian-assange/
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