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How was Snowden "plain stupid" exactly?

"stupidly ineffective" - well, one has to start from somewhere. Plus stallman's work was far from ineffective. As for assange's work, the publication of the war crimes might have saved thousands of civilian lives.




Snowden was a pawn, taken in by savior complex.

Stallman made zero impact.

Assange had no effect on war policy. He was also a pawn entrapped by savior complex.




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