The Internet and personal computers can enable average people to totally refashion the economy to their benefit. It's a huge threat to the status quo.
How do you conquer the Internet? With an elaborate theater production, apparently. Three "hero" figures have been created, all who ostensibly work in the public interest. Manning and Snowden seem to be scripted characters. They've got elaborate back stories and reflect two opposite archetypes. Assange is also a theatrical character.
Technically adept competitors of the US were certainly aware of the federal government's alphabet soup agency snooping and hacking capabilities well before Snowden leaked any information. So who's the audience for "hero" Snowden's leaks?
You and me. Joe and Jane Sixpack. The message is "you better not use the Internet to organize because the gov't is spying on you ALL THE TIME."
Also creating hero/savior figures who are ostensibly fighters for the common good pacifies people. "Oh I don't need to do anything, because Assange has my back."
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