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>taking the paranoid rants of a barely literate high school dropout at face value? Have you heard Snowden speak? I've not heard many people in my life who are
by torified 7y ago
>taking the paranoid rants of a barely literate high school dropout at face value?
Have you heard Snowden speak? I've not heard many people in my life who are more educated and eloquent.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoIf he's so educated why couldn't he pass an analyst test and have to work as a SharePoint admin? Why did he think PRISM was some all-consuming surveillance system, when the documents so clearly stated it wasn't? Why did he think Hong Kong would grant him asylum for leaking Chinese targets? Why couldn't he pass high school? Why is he a libertarian? I've known many people like that who can convince laypeople that they're smart, but everybody in the field (software engineers at Internet companies in Snowden's case) immediately sees how stupid they are. Look at flat Earthers and antivaxxers for contemporary examples. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/09/what-snowden-gets-wrong-about-its-hero.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/09/what-snowden-get...
- torified 7y agoEven if all that is true, who cares? Also, all libertarians are stupid? He exposed the US government illegally spying on their own citizens (and lying about it), at massive personal risk. He's a hero of true democracy. That's all I need to know. This layperson is also convinced he's smart, BTW.