Julian Assange Corruption

Julian Assange, one of the most

controversial and influential people in the world now…A candidate for Time Person of the Year…Loved by some, hated by more, has changed government politics all over the world since 2006 with the creation of his whistle blowing website Wikileaks. With the leaks of major governmental secrets over the last couple years, Julian Assange has jeopardized public safety to multiple countries because of his attempt to propagate transparency in governments around the world.

Though Julian Assange’s original intentions may have been ethical, they inevitably led to corruption. In Assange’s original Introduction, he states “we as people need to understand and find new technology that will change us…setting us forth above

our predecessors…we need to set forth with a position of clarity to replace the structures of bad governance.” What does he mean by position of clarity? As we know Assange as a child and young adult was know as one of Australia’s most infamous computer hackers, charged with multiple counts by the Australian government for hacking. He criticizes governments for their unethical polices yet he hacked into multiple governmental organizations.

To this day Assange claims he leaks more governmental information then the combined press of the rest of the world, and these leaks? All based completel

y on anonymous tips. So why Assange? Why don’t people leak their tips to other major forms of mass media? Is it a coincidence that a highly experienced hacker is anonymously receiving more leaks then combined press of the rest of the world? His intentions of informing the world by government transparency may be clear…but his acquisition

of this information is still uncertain.

As Wikilinks continues to grow…the effects of future leaks could lead to drastic disruption in major governments around the world. Recently, the Tunisian government collapsed. Many people speculate it was impart due to food price inflation and unemployment. Many also believe the Wikilinks released in regards to corruption of Tunisian’s president Ben Ali had a major role as well. These leaks could potentially lead to a democratic future of Tunisia, but what gives Assange the right to play god with these countries? Controlling the fate of a whole nation, with just one click of the mouse, is too much power for one man.

Julian Assange has stated he will release a “Damaging secrets if killed or arrested”. If these are true, how is he the only person to have these secrets and what gives him the power of God to damage all if he is arrested/assassinated? Many believe there isn’t such a secret out there, that it’s all a hoax…but you don’t want to completely discredit him because of his past experience in acquiring secret information…This sense of fear he evokes in people is more power to him, giving him the ability to drastically effect more people in the world whether they take it as positive or negative information. Many times this causes anger and fear in the people towards the governments.

With the current economic state our country is in, altercations between the people and the government are not what we need. There are multiple issues at hand that the American economy is being effected with right now. We are currently not creating enough goods to sustain ourselves, importing most of our goods, which in turn puts us in great national debt. The real estate economy is currently dealing with the subprime mortgage crisis, which is crippling the US economy. The government passed a law, which lowered the qualifications and credit necessary for home loans. The intentions of this act were good, giving more people the ability to purchase homes…unfortunately these people were never qualified enough to pay for a home…which eventually led them to bankruptcy putting hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure and leaving Fannie Mae in debt of over $5.4 Trillion. This debt will then be passed on too our generation as we grow and current generations pass.

As all this and other things are happening with our economy, our people need to unite with our government to create stability for the future and our generation…not fool around with petty governmental leaks. These leaks create unnecessary tension between people and governments.

Julian strives to release classified information yet some governmental secrets are meant to be classified for public safety. As Julian Assange releases this information, which is directly affecting people and governments around the world…public security is at risk with revolutions occurring and people dieing in the process. Public safety groups put the death toll of the Tunisian revolution at 66 people. These deaths were unnecessarily caused and as Assange releases more information the potential for more unnecessary deaths will increase.

This goes back to the power he has created for himself through is ability to change peoples views. His influence is changing governments and causing death to innocent people. This power can lead to further corruption and social distress.

Americans assume transparency is necessary without understanding the consequences of this act. The truth can be told…but this will not keep the people happy. More often than not, the truth will upset the people and cause up rage and rebellion. We as the people can attempt to change this corruption…but who ever we end up replacing, will inevitably be corrupt in some other way.

American is set up in a system of checks and balances between the government and the people. As Government grows the system of checks and balances tilts too one side and we as the people of America lose some of our power. It changes in exponential proportion…The strong (rich) get stronger and the people (mid-class Americans) become weaker and as we lose this power we lose value of our basis in the American constitution.

As the government gains more power…corruption follows…power corrupts, ultimate power ultimately corrupts. Julian Assange can leak this information of corruption, but ultimately we as the people have only so much power against this new known power of “Corporate America”.

Our country is too the point now where oil barrels are more important than the lives of our citizens. We spend trillions of dollars fighting an oil war in Iraq to support the income of these corporate entities with the false impression we are fighting a war of terrorism.

The public wants the truth, but they plainly can’t handle government transparency. Corruption happens every day from the macro level of government decisions…to the micro level as well. For example, your girl friend asks you if she looks fat in her dress…regardless of how she looks you will tell her she doesn’t just too keep her happy. We lie every day to ourselves to keep ourselves happy. Every human on earth strives for happiness.

Discovering leaks and corruption in our governments are known truths that regardless of what we do will not change, and inevitably will hinder our happiness. We can continue to fund Assange’s website and continue to find these leaks in regards to these government corruptions, but ultimately will it really change us for the better?

Assange is a very smart man, which has granted him a lot of publicity and attention around the world, but his actions are jeopardizing the safety of people around the world.

We as Americans need to accept that there will always be corruption in our governments, no matter who is in office. We must move on and make best of the opportunities we posses each day of our lives. If we ultimately make decisions that could affect other people’s lives, whether it be 1 person’s or 1,000,000 people’s, we must err on the side of popular well being. If you side with greed…well your not the first person to do so, and definitely not the last. Follow your heart, and don’t let the actions of one man…or one government, hinder your god given right…the pursuit of happiness.