• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Maybe don’t throw your whistleblowers in a jail and let them rot for life, and you will avoid defections to another country.

    Can you blame the guy to not want to die in a dark cell for showing the world that your own government is keeping a lot of tabs on you without your knowledge?

    He tried to go to other countries, but none of them wanted to take him in except Russia because of what he knew.

    So it’s either die in a cell in the US, or live a somewhat free man in Russia.

    The choice is clear.

    So demand that your government do better and get behind the people that shows you how your government fucks you over.

    • Zannsolo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      There would have been a lot of pressure to get him released and would have kept what he revealed talked about and more pressure to end that as well. He’s just a little removed that wanted to play hero and or a Russian agent.