Assange Trial Day 18
I think Assange is a journalist, and should not be deported, and agree this trial is bullying with the aim of putting a chilling effect on journalists.<p>But my takeaway is that WikiLeaks was too centralized and anyone who supports it needs to support more decentralized publishing platforms.<p>Although that won’t “solve the problem” of course... decentralized journalists means a set of them can be bought and made into State agents. And decentralized actors can just as easily be made an example of as Assange.<p>But it’s only the fact that the State feels they can control the flow of information that they feel emboldened to commit crimes.<p>I don’t know though. Decentralized systems also facilitate crimes. I have to admit over time my instinct to try to redistribute power down to independent entities feels more and more a leap of faith.<p>Would we be better off governing ourselves in smaller groups? It seems more like an experiment than a belief for me at this point.