I recall hearing about polls where like a third of US respondents believe that the US government was behind 9-11. Of course I don't believe it did, but clearly

I recall hearing about polls where like a third of US respondents believe that the US government was behind 9-11. Of course I don't believe it did, but clearly lots of us think we're run by a bunch of criminals. In comparison to graver problems (being the most incarceration-happy nation, mass international killings, etc), the Snowden thing is minor. Durov's whole line about "betraying the principles it was once built on" is a reference to the usual quasi-religious nationalist founding mythologies.