[IdEntities]

> During his time in Russia, we have seen the whistleblower system work effectively here at home. The details of Trump’s Ukraine call, and the subsequent freezing of security aid seems rather relevant today. More impressively so, this same whistleblower system Snowden criticized worked against a sitting president having no capacity for restraint.

It's just laughable to believe that "the system works" because certain leaks and whistleblowing was permitted in order to harm Donald Trump. Makes me wonder if the author even knows there is such a thing as "the intelligence community" with its own autonomy, imperatives, and loyalties which are not necessarily in lockstep with every sitting POTUS.

It's actually a bit distressing to see that after everything which has happened after the past several decades, someone could still come to the conclusion that Snowden would have been treated the same as Mr. X.

[bitwize]

"The system works" when it benefits globalists and harms populists. When the system benefits populists and harms globalists, it is dangerously outdated and needs to be completely overhauled or abolished.

Social media was a tool to usher in a new era of freedom during the Arab Spring, which produced Egyptian students eager for a communist government. Right about the time Donald Trump's candidacy became serious, social media became a dangerous weapon of radicalization that needed to be strictly regulated by the government.

[Overtonwindow]

There does seem to be a political mindset attached to leaking. If it's a leak against conservatives, it's written as heroic and patriotic. If it's a leak against liberals then it's a threat to democracy and a crime. Snowden is no hero and I think defection was his intent all along.

[Sporktacular]

What if it's a leak for the benefit of all?

You're conservative, politicising what doesn't need to be.