I hope Assange can one day be free. It would be hard to understate just how important exposing the USA & pals war crimes was for some people. I remember as a kid watching that infamous 'collateral murder' video and just truly having my bubble burst with regard to how the USA portrays itself in domestic propaganda and how it actually acts.
It's much easier to talk about something happening when there is irrefutable proof of it happening. It can't be dismissed as conspiracy theories that way.
Panama papers was the same, in that everyone knew tax havens are a thing, but it wasn't a big topic before the leaks (still isn't a big enough topic)
Everyone forgot about the panama papers in a nanosecond, to the point that no-one gave a shit when Daphne Galizia got car bombed
I fucking despair for our species
I hope Assange can one day be free. It would be hard to understate just how important exposing the USA & pals war crimes was for some people. I remember as a kid watching that infamous 'collateral murder' video and just truly having my bubble burst with regard to how the USA portrays itself in domestic propaganda and how it actually acts.
It's much easier to talk about something happening when there is irrefutable proof of it happening. It can't be dismissed as conspiracy theories that way.
Panama papers was the same, in that everyone knew tax havens are a thing, but it wasn't a big topic before the leaks (still isn't a big enough topic)
Everyone forgot about the panama papers in a nanosecond, to the point that no-one gave a shit when Daphne Galizia got car bombed
I fucking despair for our species
Manufacturing Consent could be 10x longer without running out of shocking examples.
They should honestly just publish a sequel every five years.