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Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand
judgecorp (778838) writes "Fugitive entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has launched a political party in New Zealand although he himself cannot stand for election. Dotcom, founder of Megaupload is a German national, not a New Zealand citizen. He is also on bail pending extradition to the US over claims that his Megaupload site infringed copyright. The Internet Party manifesto promises net neutrality, privacy, and faster broadband. Meanwhile, his new venture Mega is now worth NZ$210 million (£108m) thanks to a reverse takeover. He has also had to assure the New Zealand media that owning a signed copy of Mein Kampf doesn't mean he is a Nazi."
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It's not a typo if you understood the meaning!
Given the type of parties I've heard he throws, I figure he might call it the "Coke and Sex Party"
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I don't think that he is a Nazi, or sympathetic, that's really hard to prove with out direct statements. Given his involvement lately with authority figures,
However, I do think he's pretty fuckin' tone deaf, and an asshole to boot. Arms dealing, legal and legitimate arms dealing, is an incredibly profitable business. Still not something I'd suggest to any of my friends nor do my self out of a sense of ethics.
If he can't figure out the taboo behind why that book is socially unacceptable and why he shouldn't have invested in it in the first place, then he's a fucking asshole. Plain and simple.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
...it just means I got way too drunk last night.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Because it makes him look interesting.
That's a common human desire, to draw attention to yourself, but usually by the time people are adults they learn to do it in positive ways.
If he wants public attention, setting a bonfire of $100 bills would get more positive attention.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
The most important thing is that it is a very pivotal moment in history. Believe it or not, Nazi's actually inadvertently promoted existentialism by showing just how dangerous absolutes are. Besides, as much as I hate the Nazi's, I think some of the stuff they did was pretty neat, like that stealth jet they created. People today love the marvel of American military combat systems, not necessarily for what they do, but the technology behind them. The Nazi's were very good at that in their own way for their time. However that doesn't mean that we go around preaching Fascism.
I've read parts of Mein Kampf, and it's actually a pretty boring book. I was thinking it might offer insight on to how he managed to rally so many people against democracy and actively supporting a dictatorship, but it really doesn't. I think what did that is probably Hitler's charisma as a speaker, which got people into his book and into his ideology, but I don't think the book sold people on the ideology. It's probably more analogous to the way that Scientologists make the book Dianetics sell really well even though it's actually a very shitty book; they just buy more copies than they need and give them away because they like Scientology itself rather than Dianetics.
However that said, I wouldn't mind having that particular copy of Mein Kampf. Not even for the purposes of selling it, just for having it because of its historical significance.
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He has also had to assure the New Zealand media that owning a signed copy of Mein Kampf doesn't mean he is a Nazi."
Still, that is kind of weird. It doesn't mean he's a Nazi or even racist, but why exactly would someone want that? Of all the interesting artifacts I could buy if I were rich, that wouldn't be one of them.
No, it means nothing about him. Signed by Hitler? I'd like to have it myself just for it's "check this out" value.
~ and you wondered why the Libraries were fighting part of the Terrorist Act that required them to keep a list of books you have checked out or shown an interest in.
They lost, but gave it a good try.
If the system is out to get you, become part of the system.
I really enjoyed this commentary. An extract:
"Eighteen months ago, after the slap-stick bumbling and embarrassing forelock pulling by New Zealand authorities to their United States counterparts was revealed, I was moved to wonder if Dotcom was in fact a computer virus, slowly infecting our senior politicians and agencies of state, and transforming them into figures of fun.
Whether he is a virus, or a puckish imp, sent by the gods to mock those who would rule over us, Dotcom continues his uncanny facility to bring out the ridiculous in them."
Wherever you stand on his legal issues, business ventures and politics, he is great entertainment.
Quattuor res in hoc mundo sanctae sunt: libri, liberi, libertas et liberalitas.
Something appearing in the New Zealand media usually means it's trivial, or some rugby happened. Don't read too much into it.
He should promise to get the influence of the United States of America and the big US media companies OUT of NZ politics.
I don't know what its like in NZ but there are plenty here in Oz that dont like the influence of the USA in this part of the world (myself included) and I would certainly vote for a politician who promised to do what I suggested above.
Yeah that's kind of weird. Maybe it's his way of rebelling since that kind of thing is illegal in his native Germany.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Because it makes him look interesting. Makes you curious about him. I am sure it is valuable too.
Meh. I'm a collector of books. My collection contains titles that would be considered "racist and controversial" by today's liberals, because they don't fit with their views of the world. And I'm sure that some of the books others either own or have read that were printed in the 19th century would also let them fall into that fine "racist" category anyway. Especially the works of Mark Twain, Stanley, and Jules Verne.
Om, nomnomnom...
So the photos of him in an SS helmet are also not true, the proof being that the pictures were in the New Zealand media proves it never happened?
So all those all those old guys dressed in confederate regimental attire every July 3rd on a nearby hill (deeeeply North of the Mason/Dixon line)... I should suspect them as secessionist scum, rather than just the original LARP'ers?
For some reason, people really get into military history. And like it or not, Uncle Adolf ran the biggest game ever.
My brother has a vast collection of Playboy. That doesn't make him a Bunny. :)
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.