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--- anonymous:about [2024/09/09 14:25] – [Anonymous is a COMMUNITY] Humphrey Boa-Gart
+++ anonymous:about [2024/10/20 04:47] (current) – [Anonymous is an IDEA] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ===== Anonymous is an IDEA =====
+[{{ :anonymous:1563915935789.jpg?333|Some ideas are infectious, and rapidly spread out of control.}}]
 //Anonymous//, at its core, is an **idea**. This idea was codified during the legendary golden years of the [[anonymous:insurgency|/i/nsurgency]] as a decentralized leaderless organization, in which anyone could become a member by simply calling themselves //"Anonymous"//:
-> "We just happen to be a group of people on the Internet who need an outlet to do as we wish, that we wouldn't be able to do in regular society. That's more or less the point of it: Do as you wish. There's a common phrase: 'we are doing it for the lulz.'"
+> We just happen to be a group of people on the Internet who need an outlet to do as we wish, that we wouldn't be able to do in regular society. That's more or less the point of it: Do as you wish. There's a common phrase: 'we are doing it for the lulz.'
-Since then, this idea has evolved and taken many forms, as various groups of individuals caught on and started to identify as //Anonymous// themselves. Some stay //Anonymous// for a long time, while others dip their feet in only briefly. Various bands of artists, hackers, comedians, jolly pranksters, activists, digital storytellers, consumer whores and radical extremists, are just some of the collective expressions of the //Anonymous// idea that have manifested over the years.
+Since then, this idea has evolved and taken many forms, as various groups of individuals caught on and started to identify as //Anonymous// themselves. Some stay //Anonymous// for a long time, while others dip their feet in only briefly. Diverse bands of artists, hackers, comedians, jolly pranksters, activists, digital storytellers, consumer whores and radical extremists, are just some of the collective expressions of the //Anonymous// idea that have manifested over the years.
-Many //Anonymous// cliques and subcultures of various colors have risen and fallen over the years, all of whom have used the name for various //(and oftentimes ideologically conflicting)// [[:op|operations]]. The numbers of our ranks have gone through similar cycles of growth, decline, death and rebirth. However, the identity has persisted through it all.
+Many //Anonymous// cliques and subcultures of various colors have risen and fallen with the passage of time, all of whom have used the name for various //(and oftentimes ideologically conflicting)// [[:op|operations]]. The numbers of our ranks have gone through similar cycles of growth, decline, death and rebirth. However, the identity has persisted through it all.
+[{{ :anonymous:ducard-batman-begins.jpg?333|You must become an idea, Anon.}}]
+> A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed, or locked up. But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an idea, and if they can't stop you... then you become something else entirely...
 **This persistence is by design.** //Anonymous// has survived because while a person can be imprisoned or destroyed, ideas can only be merely suppressed. This was the intention of our forefathers, in order to provide our descendants with a vehicle and a safe haven for anything they may need it for.
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 ===== Anonymous is a COMMUNITY =====
-//"But who were these forefathers?"// you may or may not be asking yourself right now. They were of the first **community** that called itself //Anonymous//. It was conceived in 2003 by a group of [[hazards:goons|Goons]] with the founding of the now-infamous website [[anonymous:4chan]]. It began as a mode of posting, in which any post not signed with a name was automatically attributed to //Anonymous//. This had been a standard feature in website platforms and bulletin board systems for many years. However, it was in the twisted depths of 4chan that //Anonymous// began to take on a life of its own. This evolutionary process accelerated in 2004 when "Forced Anon" was enabled for the first time, and **all** posts were signed //Anonymous//. By the time users were given the option to use their own names again, the moniker //Anonymous// was firmly being used as a caricature of the average faceless 4chan user.
+[{{ :anonymous:terrorists_on_your_internets.jpg?333|Coming soon to a city near you!}}]
+//"But who were these forefathers?"// you may or may not be asking yourself right now. They were of the first **community** that called itself //Anonymous//. It was conceived in 2003 by a group of [[hazards:goons|Goons]] with the founding of the now-infamous website [[anonymous:4chan]]. It began as a mode of posting, in which any post not signed with a name was automatically attributed to //Anonymous//. This had been a standard feature in website platforms and bulletin board systems for many years. However, it was in the twisted depths of 4chan that //Anonymous// began to take on a life of its own. This evolutionary process accelerated in 2004 (and again in 2006) when "Forced Anon" was enabled for a period of time, and **all** posts were signed //Anonymous//. By the time users were given the option to use their own names again, the moniker //Anonymous// was firmly being used as a caricature of the average faceless 4chan user.
 By the summer of 2006, several alternative imageboards had sprung up, each with //Anonymous// functions of their own. As Anons began to take up residence at these additional websites, they declared independence, firmly establishing the //Anonymous// persona as **a full-fledged community that could exist anywhere on the internet**. From 2006-2011, //Anonymous// experienced a period of rapid growth, as independent cells at various imageboards, chat rooms, blogs and social media platforms, all contributed back to the overall "culture" of the thriving decentralized community.
-> "You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave."
+> You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave.
 These prototypical Anons did not operate in a vacuum. Many of them made an effort to stay in contact with each other, while forming numerous loosely-affiliated cliques and child communities in the process. Contrary to popular belief, the original community still exists today in the shadows, and maintains various secret communications pipelines. While most of these Anons are now considered "retired," they have not lost their identity as Anons, having been irreversibly molded by the collective over many years. Quite a few of these "OG's" have even taken behind-the-scenes advisory roles, guiding its newer members from afar and developing new cutting-edge technologies //(such as this Institute)//. With the right kind of eyes, you can still find some of them today, regaling newfags with war stories of battles long past.
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 ===== Anonymous is a TOOL =====
+[{{ :anonymous:intensifies.jpg?333|This mask has more layers than your feeble mind could possibly comprehend.}}]
 Anonymity, for millenia, has been used as a type of **tool** for protection. Maintaining a veil of anonymity makes a great first line of defense against [[:hazards|bad actors]]. The "idea" of //Anonymous// (which we detailed earlier) is just one such real-world implementation of this concept, where it takes the form of a metaphorical //Swiss Army Knife//. Not only can you and your friends protect yourselves by hiding under the mask of //Anonymous//, but you can bestow the protections of this mask upon others as well, //regardless of if they formally identify as Anonymous themselves!// For journalists and whistleblowers, this means your confidential sources can be members of //Anonymous//. Your drug dealer can be from //Anonymous//. Your illegal cybercult can be part of //Anonymous//. [[https://biblehub.com/acts/17-23.htm|God]] can even be //Anonymous//. The potential applications of the mask are almost limitless.
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 ===== Anonymous is a SOVEREIGN SUPERPOWER =====
-> "This ring is not a cudgel, you barbarian. It's something else... something much more important..."
+[{{ :anonymous:anon_flag_planting.jpg?333|Anonymous expansion is non-negotiable.}}]
+> This ring is not a cudgel, you barbarian. It's something else... something much more important...
 //Anonymous// is also a bona-fide **Sovereign Nation**, having formally declared its independence on **August 23rd, 2006**. The event, known to historians as **/b/day**, was initially dismissed as little more than a brief joke. Moderators of 4chan even deployed an army of propagandists, intent on painting the event as "a failure" in the history books. However, on that fateful day, //Anonymous// secured for itself numerous new **inalienable rights**, including the //full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.//((**Sean Swan**, 2012 - [[https://www.google.com/books/edition/On_the_Cyber/C8_AAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA76&printsec=frontcover|On The Cyber]] //Pg. 76//)) As time wore on, the events of /b/day were largely forgotten. However, //Anonymous// has continued to exercise these rights in full to the present day.
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 Of course, a nation is nothing without its people, and //Anonymous// has this in spades. Over the past two decades, the diaspora of our Sovereign Collective have spread across the entire world like a virus, embedding inside almost every industry in every country. This is not dissimilar from the ancient migrations of the //Twelve Tribes of Israel//, which is why //Anonymous// is sometimes affectionately referred to as **//"The Jews of the Internet"//**.
-With the advent of **cryptocurrency** and **decentralized finance**, //Anonymous// now has the tools necessary to fully manage its own internal affairs without the meddling of competing nation-states. These technologies, spearheaded by many veteran members of //Anonymous//, combined with our Sovereign status, open citizenship model and robust worldwide community, puts //Anonymous// in a unique global position as the world's first true **crypto-nation**: Free to do whatever it pleases, just as its forefathers intended.
+With the advent of **cryptocurrency** and **decentralized finance**, //Anonymous// now has the tools necessary to fully manage its own internal affairs without the meddling of competing nation-states. These technologies, spearheaded by many veteran members of //Anonymous//, combined with our Sovereign status, open citizenship model and robust worldwide community, puts //Anonymous// in a unique geopolitical position as the world's first true **crypto-nation**: Free to do whatever it pleases, just as its forefathers intended.
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