Las últimas palabras de LulzSec me han dejado un sabor un tanto amargo, y es que, aunque en términos generales reconozco el valor del ideal de “reto” ampliamente promovido por la cultura hacker, no me agrada la ramplona concepción anarquista de la libertad que manejan en su discurso.

“For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others – vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It’s what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.”

En todo caso, para hablar de libertad, prefiero una y mil veces las brillantes palabras del gran pensador Charles Chaplin: