>taking the paranoid rants of a barely literate high school dropout at face value?
Have you heard Snowden speak? I've not heard many people in my life who are more educated and eloquent.
Have you heard Snowden speak? I've not heard many people in my life who are more educated and eloquent.
I've known many people like that who can convince laypeople that they're smart, but everybody in the field (software engineers at Internet companies in Snowden's case) immediately sees how stupid they are. Look at flat Earthers and antivaxxers for contemporary examples.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/09/what-snowden-get...
He exposed the US government illegally spying on their own citizens (and lying about it), at massive personal risk. He's a hero of true democracy. That's all I need to know.
This layperson is also convinced he's smart, BTW.