After their visible hesitance to prominently cover various popular uprisings around the world, it seemed almost as if in compensation that TIME Magazine chose to honor ‘The Protester’ as their 2011 “Person of the Year.” But if I had my pick of nebulous groups-turned-philosophies that took the world for a spin this year, it would have to be Anonymous.
Indeed, the two often go hand in hand. The hacktivist group, which originated as a personification of the digital hive mind grown from the vat of anonymous message boards, has come a long way since its days of harassing Tom Cruise and his Scientology buddies. From aiding the internet-deprived citizens of Egypt to running DDoS attacks on the websites of repressive governments around the world, Anonymous has had no shortage of support amongst a growing culture of international dissent. In fact, so thoroughly has Anonymous permeated the revolutionary zeitgeist that it seems to hold an organic, almost spiritual role in nearly every struggle that has made headlines this year.
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