[dublinben]

I've never gotten the impression that Ulbricht was a psychopath or anything similar. He always came across as a naive idealist, caught way over their head in a conspiracy they never expected to succeed. He openly admits in his diary that he practiced terrible OpSec, and didn't care much.

[Touche]

This article doesn't make him look like an idealist at all. It makes him look like an entrepreneur that cares about success about all else. The idealism seemed to come later, as a justification.

[RottenHuman]

Being an idealist and entrepreneur who wants to be successful are not mutually exclusive at all.

[Touche]

Who said it was?

[spiralpolitik]

Hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes you don't realize you need OpSec above a certain level until after the fact and by them it's too late.

[mercurial]

Considering they busted Anonymous' "Commander X" the same way, he should have been forewarned.

[davidgerard]

Yeah, the one where he tried to recruit hitmen made him seem a lot less idealistic. Maybe it's just me.

[knodi123]

Yeah, the hollywood version is fait accompli.