The Samourai developers didn't build a shield for the movement; they built the hammer that the state used to smash it.
They are double agents acting within what the system considers a crime; after all, they shouldn't have even pleaded guilty, as there is no victim. Either they are provocateurs unaware of the implications since they turned themselves in, or they are personas building the justifications for governments to catch the clueless, just as you put it so well.
They are double agents acting within what the system considers a crime; after all, they shouldn't have even pleaded guilty, as there is no victim. Either they are provocateurs unaware of the implications since they turned themselves in, or they are personas building the justifications for governments to catch the clueless, just as you put it so well.