A great documentary in every way, and exposes far more structural issues than many self-proclaimed films. It is indeed a Prometheus story. I see a little bit of myself in Aaron Swartz's idealism, but maybe my light and heat are less than a ten thousandth of his.
When I watched it, I kept thinking, maybe from the perspective of the historical process, his idea of "liberalism + communism" is probably destined to become a victim at this moment, but without such a person, we would not even be able to make the historical process. There will be; at the same time I'm wondering if he could have learned more about the dark side of the justice system earlier, would he have been able to do what he wants while protecting himself better? Maybe not, because every step he takes is closer to the essence of contradiction. One day he will face the brutal attack of the vested interests in order to protect himself, and there are almost no people who can really fight alongside him.
I especially like what the Harvard law professor said in it [We are standing in the middle of a time when great injustice is not touched.] I think the contradiction that Aaron is resisting is not just about the Internet, it may be said that it is about the capitalist system. questioning, and the road to the essence of contradiction is often lonely and dark.
In the end, it was actually very ironic and awkward to watch this film on tc. It felt as if people were discussing whether the cake was delicious with or without cream, and we have never even seen a cake here (((?♀️
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