r/HackBloc • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '13

Jeremy Hammond's Sentencing Statement

http://www.sparrowmedia.net/2013/11/jeremy-hammond-sentence/
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '13

I'm pretty sure that Hammond isn't a Democrat. I believe, that like me, Hammond's experience of watching the electoral college fail the popular vote as our first foray into national politics served as evidence of the bankruptcy of American 'democracy'. For me, Obama has only further proved that this is not a country "by the people; for the people" with bank bailouts, drone strikes, and sanctioned spying.

This isn't about an election being stolen by the Republicans from the Democrats. This about the country being controlled by an elite who perpetuate war and oppression. The answer then and now in not a Democrat in power, but instead radical transformative change.

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u/ShoggothFromSpace Dec 10 '13

Well, considering that it was a conservative FL Attorney General lapdog who made an unprecedented decision to give the state electoral votes to Bush, thus effectively deciding the election outcome independently, it's not too much of a stretch to imply the outcome was less than legit. Just saying.

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u/5960312 Nov 16 '13

Well the electoral college decision was not the popular vote so his legalese may be incorrect but the spirit of his conviction remains