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by vph
4034 days ago
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I don't get this guy. He seems smart and naive at the same time. He's living right under the nose of one of the largest spy agencies in the world: the KGB. Okay, I can see he doesn't want to talk about them. Fine. But he seems to call for the destruction of the American spy agencies. Really? Russia, China, and all of our "allies" ain't going to close their spy agencies even if the US does. What do you want? America with no spies operating in a this world? How about we give up all of our weapons too? That will make the world a safer better place? Right? I just don't get this guy. |
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If we presume his call against the current mass surveilance programs equates with the destruction of the NSA(which I can't really agree with), then ypu would also conclude he dislikes the burgeoning mass surveilance from other countties, e.g. France, the UK and others listed in the article.
He didn't mention Russia explicitly, but I cannot fault his political tact considering his situation.
I don't think your interpretation of his words is very charitable. Their underlyimng message is a poaitive one - people reject something they aren't comfortable with and using many avenues(political, technological, social) they enact change to combat it. In our age where voters are largely disenfranchised, this is a positive demonatration of the power we hold as a society.
There is a discussion to be had about the authority spy agencies should have. Perhaps eventually a reasonable surveillance program with checks and balances may be enacted, which people are content with. We wouldn't even have this conversation, however, if not for people like Snowden. The US government preached total secrecy in the name of "national security", and basically said "trust us, you don't need to know".
Thanks to Snowden, we are, with some hope, on yhe road to such a conversation. That's what I "get" from him.