Pamela Anderson
Which is why the Assange case is so important to her
Pamela Anderson 2017 in London
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Pamela Anderson, close confidante of the WikiLeaks founder, reacts on Instagram to the latest developments with philosophical thoughts.
After a London court rejected the application for release on bail from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (49), Pamela Anderson (53) responded with a philosophical text on her Instagram channel. The black-and-white picture in which the actress gazes into the distance, lost in thought, is accompanied by thoughts on politics and the free press, which find their approach in the writings of Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975, "Freedom to be Free").
"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What enables a totalitarian or other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you don't is informed? "asks Anderson, referring to the thoughts of the philosopher, which she published in her essays" Truth and Lies in Politics ".
"If everyone always lies, the result is not that the lies are believed, but that nobody believes anything anymore," writes Anderson. "And a people that can no longer believe can not choose. They are not only robbed of their ability to act, but also their ability to think and judge. And you can do what you want with such people." In hashtags and links, Anderson refers to Arendt and Wikileaks and finally calls for "protection for Julian Assange".
Anderson has been advocating the WikiLeaks founder for years. The "Baywatch" actress had visited him several times in his refuge, the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, before he was removed from the building in April 2019. Anderson responded to the decision earlier this week not to extradite Assange to the USA with a video by WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson (58), who described this as a "glimmer of hope".