If Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and others are exposing government corruption, wasteful spending, and dark secrets, why is Edward Snowden still treated as a criminal for exposing mass surveillance on innocent citizens? The truth shouldn’t be punished. Selective justice is not justice at all.

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Seems like a matter of what got the most attention and Snowden isn't a diehard bitcoiner so that voting block mattered much less.

Sadly.

Unlike Ross?

I guess so

Snowdens crime was premeditated, and now he's in exile & generally doing well for himself (I think)

Ross' crime probably never happened, and he was in US federal prison for life

Priorities.

Snowden’s actions were pre-meditated. He committed no crime - he exposed crime on a massive scale by the US and its allies.

Maybe not a crime in nature, but certainly a broken contract with known consequences.

Point is, Snowden did it all deliberately & alone, unlike Ross.

Because removing corruption and fraud is Trump's job that he delegated to Elon .. just like a soldier's job is to fight in war , not a citizen's prerogative to fight on streets .. .. ordinary citizens need to do their job , not that of a president !

A monopoly on violence is just as corrupt as letting violence take place

Sure .. that means we need to improve governance.. anarchy is not a solution.. it is just an expression of frustration..

Do you know what anarchy actually is? What it is not, is lawlessness.

So is "improving governance". Individuals need to solve their own problems. That doesn't mean anarchy. It means actual accountability.

You are factually wrong - corruption tolerated begets more corruption.

Snowden was a whistleblower that knew he couldn’t trust the Bush government and appeared to wait for Obama to shore up whistleblower protections before he reached out to Greenwald and company. Both former Presidents prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other president before them.

The ‘not a citizen's prerogative to fight on streets’ is wrong: tell that to the occupied WW2 French Resistance in Paris.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance

I've haven't read such nonsense in ages. You make it sound like a president is some kind of feudal overlord, when in fact, he is a civil servant - a servant of the citizens.

They dare not challenge the military and will only support it

Trump and Vance are no more honest, capable. or trustworthy than Biden and Harris, just different clown suits and prewritten swindle plans handed to them by their handlers.

Snowden deserves a statue!

когда поймете как устроен наш мир , а точнее наша видимая вселенная, все встанет на свои места!

Ross Ulbricht on Nostr is crazy enough…

Now bring me Snowden.

Let’s complete the freedom Voltron.

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