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I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.
Everybody, who puts morals or ethics in front of their own, personal gain, is by default a hero in today’s context. That’s the only weapon we have against authoritarian regimes, capitalism and oligarchy. A weapon, that can only be used once per capita. But don’t be fooled—we are all.
I consider him a true American patriot.
Nothing is more patriotic than wanting your country to do better.
Implementing drag net surveillance was a terrible decision, and exposing it was truly heroic.
Sadly, Snowden is now in the clutches of Russia who can and does use him as their pawn.
It is easy to say that this is where the EU should have stepped up and given him sanctuary, but that would have been less than ideal for him.
Given the high profile of Snowden's leak, the US still want's him back, and back then even more so, had Snowden gone to the EU, he most likely would have been extradited, kidnapped or even assassinated.
By staying in Russia that was a far lower risk to him.
Nothing is more patriotic than wanting your country to do better.
Is being patriotic and wanting your first world country to do better something heroic?
Yes, he’s a hero And he shouldn’t be punished for calling out the he found. Hope he’s having a great day
He did good. Would I have preferred he leaked the names and addresses of the people doing domestic surveillance? Sure. But he tried to take it to the press and then got the hell out of there.
The fact he wasn't pardoned also is very stupid. The easiest way to kill Snowden is to pardon him at this point. Its such an easy win win for politicians.
I think they mainly fear that if they pardoned him, it will create a knock on effect leading to even more whistleblowers. People who were on the fence about becoming whistleblowers would see that the repercussions aren't that severe anymore and hence might take that step.
Yes, 100 percent. The fact that he's in exile in Russia is because he cannot get a fair trial in the US. He was never a Russian asset, he's a whistleblower being unfairly persecuted
If he was a russian asset he'd be president today
Yes. You're a bootlicker if you say otherwise
I would argue that praising soldiers for their bravery and calling them heroes is a bootlicker thing to do.
Fuck ya he is, the world needs more of him. Doing something for the greater good when greed and selfishness is not your primary motive 95% of the time makes you a hero in my book.
it is the structure... all people got a little devil in them... in some wierd way "leaders" are people unregulated and victums of their own vanity. This is hard to invision since they manage perception... it is litterly a gawd damn business manging image. We the plebs worship idols as the Teachers foster kids.
Anonymous == State Actor .... not a hero. They like super man or batman for people who don't understand tech and geopolitics. I am not worried about hackers... I am worried about billionares now trillionares, corpos and the deep state. Couple harassed with live bugs and bloody pig mask settles eBay lawsuit
Yes. But he did screw up by not getting to his final destination before meeting with the reporters.
He did good and did something heroic but the title of hero should be reserved to actual heroes that never chose once to side with scum. Before turning out as good this guy was serving in the US army
He's a hero. Doesn't matter that it ended up being largely ignored by the public. He was motivated by doing good and sacrificed himself for it. That's the definition of a hero. A former coworker said "who's Edward Snowden?" when he came up. From that moment on, I judged her a moron, and that turned out to be a correct judgement.
Absolutely.
He was in too deep.. learned something crazy... lacked the sociopathy too keep a secret. Conflicted and flexed on he said fuck it... then became the friend of the bully next door. or he is a phcyop that hides a bigger secret. What if the whole ass world is just one big dragnet and we all are caught inbetween capitalist cartel families and their desires. As time progresses we will all see war as the meat grinder it is and abondon the idea of escape and embrace kinetic rebellion. I don't worship idols. No gods no masters. Yet he is more intersting than me. meh 😐️ Anonymous_Leaker == SBD
Yes. If there ever was one.
I think he blew up his life to reveal something the general public probably should be aware of, but ultimately didn't care about.
Idk if it was heroic, but it certainly was interesting how he released the info slowly to get catch the government in numerous lies attempting to downplay the truth of the matter. One of the Obama administration's biggest blights.
the news quickly buried it and allowed propaganda to trash his name, usa surely dont want more shit to come out.
Unreservdly YES.
mixed but yes. the govt made an example of him and from the popular standpoint he was serving the people. he also helped GDPR so thats factored in. currently the police state is still winning.
Without a doubt I think he was a hero. We should build a statue to him at the NSA or Dell HQ - maybe both.