By: Malachi Cane

First and foremost, let me explain that I am in no way shape or form a spokesperson or representative of Anonymous.

Ironically, this article’s thesis is exactly that: no one is the spokesperson of Anonymous, because for that to be true, Anonymous would have to be an actual organization of people; and this is just not the truth. An organization calls for structure, discipline, and a common goal. Anonymous has none of those characteristics except for one–a common goal, which is truly a byproduct of their actions.

To truly understand Anonymous, one must first stop thinking of it as a group, but rather as an idea. To better illustrate this, one must look at figures such as Ernesto “Che” Guevara. To the dismay of many Americans, “Che” did not stand for Communism, but rather for the stop of top-down governance, where a country would be governed by 5% of the people, while the rest starved. Truly, it could be said that “Che” was really more democratic than anybody else at the time; considering that for one to be truly democratic, the decisions, are based on the entire populous, rather than the top 5% (for those that do not know, this would be known as an oligarchy). Guevara brought not only revolution to many nations, he also brought the idea of the underdog standing up against the few that held ‘power.’

Keeping in mind the example above, one must truly rethink the notion that Anonymous is a group. The actions that we have seen Anonymous take are ones that resemble that idea: “We are the underdogs and we are not afraid of the people with power.” That specific idea, is what scares national governments so much, hence you see panic by the government, you see them try to pass bills that would make “Big Brother” keep an eye on the populous; Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect IP Act, Trans-Pacific Partnership, CyberSecurity Act 2012, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement—all of those tried to be passed within the past 5 years and some are still currently active in the Congress of the U.S.

The U.S. government has not been successful in passing any of these bills, due to the massive uproars made by the general populous (this is the key to this article). The reason why the U.S. government cannot stop Anonymous is a very simple one that may take people by surprise–Anonymous is you, me, mothers, brothers, fathers, co-workers, bosses, girlfriends, boyfriends, families, and so on. There is no group, it is just the medium which people use to express their anger with their governments.

This is not geographically-specific to the U.S. Instead the entire world takes a stand against the oligarchy that has bought the world. Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America are all rising up against their governments. The general populous is constantly looking at their televisions for answers from the government, but I suggest you turn your television off and smell the corruption.

You have yet to hear Anonymous hack, deface, or do any harm to a charity that is trying to cure cancer. You have only seen them attack the people they believe are suppressing them: the government. Do not let your government instill fear in you, Anonymous is nothing to be afraid of, these are the people that are looking out for you and your human rights, whether you realize it or not. I’ll leave you with an iconic quote from the comic that sparked the current “face” of Anonymous (the Guy Fawkes Mask): “The people should not be afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people.”

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