Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media
by hitekker on Saturday March 13, 2021 @10:03AM
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It's similar to when Hans Reiser murdered his wife. Bloodlust was similar, the minor difference is that Ulbricht was too stupid to verify the deed was done.
> Because he was a programmer, contributing to Linux, people on /. and elsewhere wanted him to not be guilty. They identified with him on some level. As the evidence started to mount against him, it made people look for crazy ways in which he could not be guilty.
Ulbricht's supporters see themselves in him. Each one of them fears the idea of being imprisoned for murder. Therefore, seeing Ulbricht as extension of themselves, they want him to get away with murder.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2131449
> Because he was a programmer, contributing to Linux, people on /. and elsewhere wanted him to not be guilty. They identified with him on some level. As the evidence started to mount against him, it made people look for crazy ways in which he could not be guilty.
Ulbricht's supporters see themselves in him. Each one of them fears the idea of being imprisoned for murder. Therefore, seeing Ulbricht as extension of themselves, they want him to get away with murder.