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.But my takeaway is that WikiLeaks was too centralized and anyone who supports it needs to support more decentralized publishing platforms.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.But it’s only the fact that the State feels they can control the flow of information that they feel emboldened to commit crimes.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.Would we be better off governing ourselves in smaller groups? It seems more like an experiment than a belief for me at this point.