[AlchemistCamp]

> I don't agree that "the system" punished a smart altruist. > > As this article makes clear, Swartz did something he knew to be illegal.

Depending on the laws, sometimes an altruist must do things that are illegal.

In the extreme case, consider that when authoritarian regimes round up ethnic or religious minorities, they invariably make non-cooperation with their attrocities illegal.

Laws should align with altruistic ideals, but it's a grave error to assume they always do.