Is anonymous going to rule the world?

[ecyor0]

"Balanced" Moral compass? Seriously? Are we even talking about the same Anonymous here? This is the group that has been known to post a kid's details online, resulting in an unending barrage of abuse, hate-mail and drive-bys (of the verbal kind, not the weapon kind). The group that engages in behaviour which, in a real-world setting, would be immediately labeled as sociopathic, or at the very least a sign of a seriously disturbed group of individuals. The group that sees absolutely nothing wrong with attacking major sites that people rely on for their day-to-day business (or livelihood in some cases), for no other reason that to 'teach them a lesson'.

You'd have THEM in control of the world?

 

[kasperbbs]

I don't see how a bunch of nerds living in their mothers basements would accomplish that. They are only good for trolling forums.

 

[Scarecrow]

I hope so. Then we..I mean them could do thing right.

 

[RN7]

A world ruled by a group of pedophiles, hackers, misguided young people and general fools? I highly doubt such a thing could exist. I'll stick with my retarded, bellicostic, exclusive government order, thank you very much.

 

[x-machina]

Who? I've never even heard of a group called anonymous.

 

[ImpofthePerverse]

Anon isn't an organization, it's a force.

A force that can be organized, terrible and devastating, but also unpredictable, unorganized, liberating and hilarious.

While I don't think Anon could ever overtly take over the world, the very idea that Anon is out there makes the world a far more interesting place.

 

[Scout Tactical]

If Anonymous reached its full potential... 100% membership, everyone in the world as part of anon, the world would be so great. Perfect, direct democracy. Such a thing has only been conceived of and marveled at by philosophers of old. However, we do not have the technology, yet. We need to decrease lag time for cross-planet communique, and make sure technology is available to everyone. Direct democracy as a hegemony is conceivable in no other way.

That said, it will not happen. Just won't. Anon only has as much power as the number of users it has, and it will never expand enough to topple governments (though it can help speed it along, see: Iran, Egypt) on its own. It's never a threat to the individual, and always a threat to the whole. It's the perfect check for companies and governments to not abuse the public, and being anonymous means no blackmailing of the union.

Okay, clearly I've said too much. TL;DNR version: yes, would be great, no, will never happen.

 

[Kroxile]

It seems that people still don't know the difference between Anonymous and /b/tards/4channers.

That said, it'd be great if Anonymous could come to power or at least have a larger influence in decisions that matter.

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

Anon isn't really a group. Its just a lot of people, a lot of little groups, doing their own thing. Thats all it was when they started the fight against $cilons anyway. Technically, they do rule the world because they aren't a group, they are just heaps of people with the same opinion, and when alot of people think alike things get done the way they want it to be done. i think thats called politics, but i'm stupid so i wouldn't know

 

[Gemore]

The issue with this debate seems to be that people just assume that all people in anonomyous are..well.. retarded.

But i know people active on those boards who as far as i can tell are completely NORMAL.

Rule does admittedly seem like the wrong word. More life.. stop dictatorships?

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

Who do you think rules the world?

 

[Eumersian]

No. They will not. No governments work that way, let alone a possible world government. You can't rule the world through the internet.

 

[FalloutJack]

Seriously.

And Im not sure that its a bad thing, they generally seem to have a..balanced(?) moral compass. Sense of humor may be off, by they do seem to want to prevent gun shootings.

And they seem to be in the new more and more, though that just might be me.


Do you think they will? And is it a good thing?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Not a Yahtzee joke, sorry.

Anyway, I have a doubt that such people would actually want to rule the world or have the actual skill-set to do so. To take over the world is no easy thing, and maintaining your power over it is harder. So no, I don't believe world domination is in the works.

 

[W8NKA]

I dont know if they will rule the world and i dont know if it would be a good thing, i like that they belive in power and knowledge to the people and other things they stand for.
Also i dont really mind there humour, when the Australian goverment lanched the "Cleen Feed" site (like we need our internet any slower then it is) Anonymous launched operation "Tit Storm" where they sent masses of porn to the site to crash it.
Oh yeah...they also helped tryed to help with the Wikileaks scandle.

 

[ZeroMachine]

No, they won't, and no, it wouldn't be a good thing. If a group like that were ever to get REAL power, they'd become just as, if not more corrupt, then the very groups they seek to combat.

 

[EHKOS]

At least were slightly stable, I mean as day to day life is. With Anon...don't think so. And even if they managed to get into the positions it would require we prolly wouldn't listen to them.

 

[Communist partisan]

They can rule the net and lead it to anarchy (YaY! ) But IRL... not possible. (Nay! D

 

[conflictofinterests]

I was going to type just the word 'No.' but that would get me flagged for a low content post so I'm just going to type a few more sentences. How would you even think this would come about? What qualifies a bunch of close-minded basementdwellers to run our planet?

So a bunch of closed-minded mansion dwellers is vastly preferable, is what you're saying?