The Anon Community Options

[fameONE]

Do you think that it is possible for anonymous, online, web-goers to organize and actually have a structured rebellion against a large, governing body?

The majority of us have seen V for Vendetta (or, at least, are familiar with the comic), and it is inspiring to see the masses unite to become one. Well, with the advancements made in technology, imagine if that same concept was applied online and the masses rallied and rose up against, let's say, the Federal Reserve and the IRS.

Could this possible?
Would it be beneficial?

Discuss.

[Uronacid]

I don't think these individuals are capable of anything like this. They don't stand for any cause in general. They only do things because they think they're funny. They can quickly cause chaos, but it's highly unlikly that they'll ever take on a political stance on anything.

[fameONE]

I don't think these individuals are capable of anything like this. They don't stand for any cause in general. They only do things because they think they're funny. They can quickly cause chaos, but it's highly unlikly that they'll ever take on a political stance on anything.

This would be a good time to elaborate.

[Uronacid]

This would be a good time to elaborate.

Let's face it, anon groups often organize to do things that are borderline illegal and funny. They rarely have a political reasoning behind the things that they do.

The only serious event I have seen anon groups participate in was the protest against scientology. Anyway, they only attacked scientology because they felt that the church was trying to impose internet censorship. They weren't fighting anything polictical. They were fighting for their right to continue to be anons. Any group or individual who atempts to impose internet censorship is participating in a mean that will eventually disband anon groups all together.

The only way I see government being attacked by anon is if government starts to impose internet censorship or some other regulation that threatens the existance of anon.

[mipadi]

Let's face it, anon groups often organize to do things that are borderline illegal and funny. They rarely have a political reasoning behind the things that they do.

The only serious event I have seen anon groups participate in was the protest against scientology. Anyway, they only attacked scientology because they felt that the church was trying to impose internet censorship. They weren't fighting anything polictical. They were fighting for their right to continue to be anons. Any group or individual who atempts to impose internet censorship is participating in a mean that will eventually disband anon groups all together.

The only way I see government being attacked by anon is if government starts to impose internet censorship or some other regulation that threatens the existance of anon.

I was actually going to post pretty much the same thing. Anon isn't an activist group; they're more or less a bunch of pranksters. They like to f*ck with people. They don't have a strong political bent. I'm not saying they couldn't organize into that...but I don't think they will. I don't think they want to.

As Uronacid noted, the scientology thing was the one exception to that rule, but that wasn't a "major political protest", it was just done in retribution for a perceived slight against Anon by the Church of Scientology. Retribution is the keyword here: if Anon isn't just plain f*cking with people, they're doing whatever they do out of a sense of vengeance. Organized political protest just isn't one of Anon's goals.