Posted on 09/17/2015 9:07:03 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
US presidential candidate John McAfee has released his manifesto for the 2016 elections, revealing policies that include opening US borders to immigrants, ending the War on Drugs, and abandoning the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) in its entirety. McAfee, who founded the antivirus software company of the same name, confirmed his unlikely presidential bid – as a new third party candidate – earlier this month with the campaign slogan "privacy, freedom, and technology".
The 1,700-word manifesto lists 10 key policy areas: foreign policy, War on Drugs, immigration, taxation, education, welfare, TSA, economy, cyber awareness and the FDA (Food and Drug Agency). McAfee claims there is "much, much more" to be added but what is described lays out his political leanings and intents.
One of the first acts of a McAfee administration would be the wholesale decriminalisation of marijuana, while possession of any chemical substance intended for self administration would be considered "at most a misdemeanor". Should McAfee be elected in 2016, this policy, combined with his intention to open US borders, would likely face strong opposition from conservative Republicans.
The antivirus mogul, who is also a regular columnist for IBTimes UK, revealed last week that he believed the world is facing a cyber war more dangerous than nuclear devastation: "The next major war will not be fought with guns, ships and missiles. It will be a cyber war with far more devastation than could possibly be achieved by our combined nuclear arsenals.," he says.
In order to address this, McAfee suggested that the US follows in the footsteps of Australia by setting up a cabinet level position to bring cyber awareness and cyber security education into the government. According to McAfee, the recent creation of Australia's Digital Transformation Office revealed how far behind the US was lagging in this area.
"This should shame us," McAfee's manifesto states. "A country with one tenth our population and nowhere near the global leadership position that the US aspires to recognises that they cannot survive without cyber awareness within its leadership.
"We must look hard at this example and ask ourselves how we got to the tragic situation of cyber illiteracy that we now occupy. If this does not immediately change we will be relegated to the bottom ranks of important nations and we will in every respect wiped out by more astute nations."
Stopped reading at “Open”.
Whose this guy? Where did he come from? What party is he running in or running away from?
Truly a Nutcase
And free lollipops for everyone!
I stopped at “manifesto”.
Isn’t that what serial killers and other sickos release after their carnage is ended?
Something for those who think only “self funding” candidates should run for president to think about.
THIS guy is scary.
Didn’t he kill somebody down in Belize?
Oh, sure. That is one circular debate to have in a shooting gallery. lol!
He already has open borders and is halfway there on the war on drugs. His third suggestion is, sadly, the most useful of the three and the most difficult to achieve.
Did he also suggest that computer owners remove their virus protection and open their cpu’s to the world?
Yes, you are right, I shoulda stopped reading there too.
I think the first time I remember hearing that particular word was in the Ted Kaczynski case.
Seems to be a word for the assembly of the ramblings of a lunatic.
Anyone whop wants open borders must also cut off all benefits to citizens and aliens alike.
Opening the border FIRST certainly puts the cart before the horse.
Well and opening the borders completely is suicidal as well.
To anybody who advocates “open borders” my only question is, “Are there locks on the doors of your house?”
Any one who advocates open borders deserves people camping out on their lawns, in their living rooms and using every room in their house.
McAfee is an early big name in personal computing, the guy who made it big in the anti-virus software area. Really big. Short version: he made a boatload of money in software, went whacko, got in big trouble (suspected murder), now lives as a rich survivalist in another no-extradition country. Very interesting person, not someone you want running a country.
Isn’t that what serial killers and other sickos release after their carnage is ended?
Funny you should say that considering his being judged responsible for a death in Belize and being sued over another death here.
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