Diegetics

So Anonymous released their, "The Revolution has begun bitchez!", manifesto.

I think this is going to work not unlike the Grover Norquist strategy. This will lead to a crack down that will further erode the foundation of stability undergirding the security state. It will likely get worse before it gets better.

This is clearly only for the red pill. I think it's going to largely be oblique and incomprehensible to those who do not already understand what it is anonymous is driving at.

By doing this, they wave the red flag for the authorities to further de-legitimize themselves. This is the invitation to find the people that are willing to march into the fire hoses.

Yeah, basically. I know a bunch of people who would have been the footsoldiers to the firehoses and somewhat were 5 years ago. They are no longer kids, they are taking a longer view and are more conservative in how they approach things because the need to accomplish goals and be taken seriously requires more finesse.

anon are the people bringing in the highly censored, "legitimate publishing houses" only internet.

childishly abusing our current "anyone can bring up a server and put custom software on it environment"... kinda like the people that throw rotten eggs at leaders legitimising bag searching and perimeter fencing.

stuff em and their demands for non abusable infrastructure... just look at the recent g8 meeting and current US government pushes for genuine identities and protections of media copyright and you see the big control monster licking its lips at this.

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maybe, they are making an increasingly remote authority furthur deligitimise itself - but im not feeling that optimistic about it personally, people want the safety and protection of the borg more than they want free information and tedious details.

Anon is SOOOOO 09!

Lulzsec is where its at now!

PSN, PBS, Nintendo, Bethesda Game Studios, EVE Online, Escapist, IMF, FBI, CIA, White House, Atlantis, Reptilian Homebase, Andromedan warpgatess, etc. etc. etc.

Anon's got nothing on them!

I'd also like to point out that the state in all of its incarnate glory is crushing itself under its own weight.

Anonymous won't crush the government, but it very likely, and very probably will crush itself.

The annoying bit is that such activities will be used by the powers that be to justify more restrictions on the internet.

Gentlemen , I mean this with all due propriety and in long appreciation of fine relationships , but please shut up. Forget this partisan, stereotype fueled bullshit. At least in this thread. Which party is responsible for ?

Feminists in Washington steering police policy ( the Second Set of books) ? Or the very sort of mindless enforcement of ever more Draconian policies that Anon , and Infowars , and Ron Paul and others speak of ? A guy commits a ( comparatively mild) act of abuse and as a result an entire family is shattered , likely to the second and third generation ? Is this even conscionable ? And yet I can show you that sort of egregious force used against everyday people - regular folks that made mistakes , not Bin Laden , not Bundy - in probably a dozen different vectors.

It doesn't register in the numbers right. Our stats are off. I know for a fact the permanent underclass's getting larger. As said by another , you can treat people like that as long as the bread and circuses are present enough to convince enough people. Once the Calligulan excesses of the state are shown, then the impetus may be there for common rabble to become something else.

This man had sins. He was no saffroned monk. Wasn't even a destitute fruit vendor. But what is America , what are Americans ? Do we even have holy men to burn themselves any more ? Maybe all that's left are flawed people that just ran out of steam somehow and let it get corrupt. But if it has come to this , and nothing changes , then I can only recall Jefferson's words about shuddering for his country when he remembers that God shares no attribute with the oppressor.

Sorry Demon (boy did it take a very long time to be able to type that), there are many layers that have to be burned through in order to get to your nub. My philosophy is to burn through it as fast as possible.

OpESR Status Update: Empire State Rebellion Day 1


While we have launched this movement beyond expectations throughout Media and Online Operations, and have achieved success in Phase 1 of Cyber Operations, our first step in Ground Operations has been insufficient.

Here is our first Status Report: 6.15.11

Media Operation Success (MO1)

Our message has spread throughout the media faster than expected. The new Anonymous OpESR video already has over 275,000 views on one YouTube account. Our demands are being broadcast throughout all forms of media. An initial primary objective was to get people talking about the following goals:

* End the campaign finance and lobbying racket
* Break up the Fed & Too Big to Fail banks
* Enforce RICO laws against organized criminal class
* Order Ben Bernanke to step down

Here is a small sampling of media coverage:


Daily Ticker: Hacker Group Anonymous Wants Ben Bernanke to Resign Or Else…

MSNBC: Anonymous hacktivists target Federal Reserve, Bernanke

Bloomberg: ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Group Identifies Fed as Target

Bussiness Insider: ANONYMOUS: BERNANKE IS NEXT

Forbes: Anonymous Calls For Bernanke’s Departure

Wall Street Journal: Anonymous Targets Bernanke

CNBC Morning Call: Anonymous: Bernanke Is Next

Huffington Post: ‘Anonymous’ Allegedly Demands Resignation Of Fed Chair Bernanke

Huffington Post: Giving A Face To ‘Anonymous’: A Meeting With A Member Of The Secret Society Of Hackers

ZeroHedge: Ctrl+Alt+Bernanke: Operation Empire State Rebellion Resumes Attack On Fed Chairman

PC Magazine: Anonymous Takes On the Fed

CNET: Anonymous targeting Federal Reserve in next attack

Time: ‘Anonymous’ Levels Hacking Threat Against Federal Reserve

RT: Leaderless movement’s “leaders” caught! (Anonymous survives)

cold hard sober warning GLOWING CARP

you are prescient.

karma.

i just did drain a box