Its not a fucking government conspiracy. There's absolutely no place for that Alex Jones nonsense here. Zero.
Its very black and white.
Aaron wasn't just some avg no-name small time guy. He was well known, well respected, mostly liked, at least privately more so. He chose one very rocky path to focus on. He was hoping and betting on his ALLEGED actions not being noticed the way they were, and certainly not being taken incredibly seriously by the feds. He was wrong. He knew full well what the absolute, worst possible scenario could be, and bet on it not being that bad. Again, he called that wrong too.
He knew that by going this route, it would be far different than just having some friends and peers a lil pissed off or offended by his statements or actions. He was fucking with MIT and the US federal government authorities tasked with investigating the outcome. Again, he chose this route.
I have no doubt he came to regret a few of the things he had done, but that didn't matter, and if anything, it fired him up even more so because he was ultimately pot committed to keep going, and keep doing what he knew in his gut was morally just. But he also knew, that current laws in our land, both on the state and the national/federal level were not in his favor.... But he chose to proceed anyway, and the louder, bigger and badder he went about doing it, the bigger impact he was going to make. He knew, he HAD to be that loud and brash about it, because sometimes things like this lead to real change in the laws, and that was his goal. Unfortunately, he had neither the stomach, nor the willpower to fight the longterm battle against him if things weren't loud and fast changing as he was hoping for. Sure enough, it did not have the immediate impact he was intending for, and that's what started the other side's turn of what they came to battle with.
I have a feeling, that if he were able to see what people were saying now, and how people online and offline alike, related or not, how they are trying to process and digest and research Aaron's work, and what led to his ultimate death and demise, he would feel proud. Because he just got a whole bunch of people that didn't really want to give a shit about his fight, to take real genuine time out of their silly little lives, and look into and appreciate what he stood for, what kind of person he was, and that we'd all maybe feel a bit guilty for not giving more of a shit a little sooner.
But he's gone now. And that's where this ends.
PS- You are a massive fucking asshole if you are going to post here crying of speculation about this being a conspiracy or that the US government -- Remember, PEOPLE make up and run the government, its not a mindless robot, its people, lots of them, together running around and governing even more people. Its unlikely their goal was for him to kill himself or for anyone else to kill him, but they unfortunately fought fairly on this one. They came to this fight knowing full well how to destroy him, when he picked the fight and first move without fully realizing the firepower that would be used on him from the other side. But that's war. Once that first shot is fired, its all a clusterfuck from that point on, with more losers than winners, on both sides of the battle.