we do not need julian assange
if we transparently cooperate with governments,
if journalism objectively informs us,
if everyone respects the global rule of law,
if democracy is a reality.

putin is maybe
more merciful
than usa
when it comes to
killing those
who expose
their secrets

everyone is pretending that
war is not a human activity
with a single goal of
absolutely destroying the enemy
in the most horrible possible way.

julian assange became
an enemy of usa
and the only reason
he was not instantly burned alive
is that he showed up on TV a few times.

everyone likes what he did
but it is really very stupid
to believe
that he will not live the rest of his life
in extreme pain and agony.

every single country
would do the same
to julian assange
because all countries
are the same.

stop pretending
that we are my little ponies.
we are still savage tribes
but with spaceships
and nuclear weapons.

ai qing
was a dissident poet
who had a son
ai weiwei
who is a dissident artist
who met
julian assange
who is a dissident journalist
who gifted ai weiwei
a treadmill