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As an American, this is still crap. Assange is a hero as is Snowden and others that had the moral backbone to stand up to the post 9/11 monster insistent on proving bin Laden won against any remaining visage of freedom and democracy in the USA. We live in his dystopian dream of crumbling failure now, and insist on persecuting those that show how and what we lost.
The French lived in dense areas with power centers nearby. We live in endless sprawl with a need to mobilize the guillotine, while our houses are made of artillery target toothpicks for a reason.