Journal: The Security and Secrecy “Tax” – Global Guerrillas
By John Robb at Global Guerrillas (Networked tribes, systems disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. Resilient Communities, decentralized platforms, and self-organizing futures)
Wikileaks and Al Qaeda's Open Source Jihad are both open source insurgencies. While there are obvious differences between the two, what's more interesting is how they are similar. Namely: as open source insurgencies both groups use systems disruption (the ability…
Tip of the Hat to Mario Profaca at Facebook.
Phi Beta Iota: The deeper interpretation of the similarity of Al Qaeda and WikiLeaks is that they are both finding huge audiences for what they are offering, and they are both playing off of a massive public distaste for Open Veins of Latin America, Killing Hope, Rule by Secrecy, Sorrows of Empire, Web of Deceit, The Fifty Year Wound, etc. The USA has created its enemies because of its hubris and the corruption inherent in how it has supported dictators and predatory immoral capitalism, imposing virtual colonialism and unilateral militarism, all without regard to either the rights of the indigenous parties treated as “collateral damage” or the interests of the American citizen-voter-taxpayer whose blood, treasure, and spirit have been consumed by an elite class that comprises an “Other Atrocity” on a global scale. It troubles us that there is no one in the Administration with the intellectual breadth of mind and the intestinal fortitude to point out to President Barack Obama that he has a game-changing choice in front of him. We (the 800 contributors, 80 active, 8 frequent) of Phi Beta Iota have always been open, honest, and loyal–these insurgencies are occurring because the US Government failed to heed the early warnings that began in the 1970's and reached a crecsendo in the 1990's. There is still time for Barack Obama to Change the Game!
See Also:
Legitimate Grievances Part I (Domestic versus US Government)
Legitimate Grievances Part II (Global versus US Government)
Reference: No Labels “Non-Party” = “Four More Years” for Wall Street
Reference: Crash Course on Reality
Journal: Taliban Laughing–the Clowns Dance On…
Journal: Debt, Defense, and the Diem Moment in AF
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Elite Rule
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Empire as Cancer Including Betrayal & Deceit
