Once a meme becomes established in the public mind, it is near impossible to dislodge that meme with facts to the contrary. Anonymous was an idea whose time had come and it is NOTHING if not a megameme that captured all of our imaginations because we so hoped it could be true—at last the people have a champion and a hero, we all thought. It was if Superman had come to town to fight injustice! Few of us did not jump aboard that bandwagon.
What has become of Anonymous? Where did it go? Whither the comprehensive, phased plan that was published? The silence is deafening, the ops all but fizzled.
Think of the contextual background of the birth of Anonymous and its appearance. Consider what was happening in the world—the COLOR REVOLUTIONS of global discontent! Given that context, it appears that Anonymous was an opportunistic "coat tails" movement, riding the tidal wave of worldwide protest for purposes unknown to we, the people.
Perhaps the maker of this video discloses those purposes. S/he makes some valid points. The truth is that there are no Superheroes. We must be our own heroes.
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