Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?

• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You missed the point. To get that kind of knowledge, he first had to subscribe to the evil team. Which he did. It would be different if he had joined from the beginning with the motive to expose unlawful practices by the services. It is more heroic to not join team evil in the first place.

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  • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you not watched his documentary? Or are you just guessing this?

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Guess what, I even read “No place to hide” by Glenn Greenwald / Ed Snowden. I never said Snowden is bad, but he was naive and quite fucking stupid to think he was working for “the good guys” initially. I am glad he had a change of heart and did what he did. Nevertheless it is more heroic to stay away from evil deeds than change your mind after partaking and then step away.

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      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s wild how many people downvote this perspecive.

        I imagine people can’t understand the evil that snowden has done, because we never confront the evil that we all do as victims of capitalism.

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