It turns out that Snowden is a hero, but we seem to be used to it.

Green 2022-04-22 07:01:22

When it first broke out a few years ago, I didn't pay much attention to it. The surveillance has long been accustomed to it, and his appearance just confirmed the rumors. Even because Snowden stayed in Russia in the end, I misunderstood that it was just a small gap caused by various ulterior conflicts of interest between the United States and Russia. I don't care about politics and people's livelihood, and I don't feel qualified to comment on the significance of Snowden's actions to this world in this era. It's just that in the context of the same ordinary dimension as you, an extremely extraordinary heroic story should be rubbed off. Shun the random thoughts of rushing left and right, and recorded the emotion of this moment. All along, I insist on viewing everything dialectically. You stand from everyone's point of view and have reasons. The world is complicated. If you want to understand all the reasons, you are contradicting yourself, and you can't get out of the hole, then just don't think about it. I have nothing to do with anything, big things are not qualified, small things are not rare. While you shouldn't always be on the defensive back like a hedgehog, you shouldn't be like an ostrich who's slow to react and never buries his head. It's the same in every environment, there are many people who don't like it, but it's rare for someone to stand up and do it. Snowden is smart, he knows how to protect himself with public opinion, and the public opinion of his environment has indeed lived up to him. The movie keeps talking about Chinese hackers, and I don't know if Chinese hackers are really that powerful, or if they are doing the same job as he used to.

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Extended Reading
  • Hadley 2022-03-22 09:01:45

    Oliver Stone is such a director who can make everything look like an old lady's foot wrap, I'm convinced

  • Taya 2021-11-23 08:01:08

    160914 @ AMC7 To be fair, this film list is a very qualified biographical film in terms of production. I feel that most of the critics are cut from the political level behind it. This is actually a point that this film is useless to step on. This film is more like a citizen4 prequel, using Ed in the government appointment, and personal emotional life as the origin of the Snowden incident. Interpretation.

Snowden quotes

  • [first lines]

    Glenn Greenwald: [sitting under a big green balloon alligator] So?

    Laura Poitras: This is the only alligator.

    Glenn Greenwald: Four minutes past. We walk in one minute. He was clear on that.

    Laura Poitras: He's coming.

    Glenn Greenwald: No, he is too young to have that kind of access.

    Glenn Greenwald: [to Snowden as he walks up] Uh, what time does the restaurant open?

    Edward Snowden: Noon. But the food is a bit too spicy. This way...

  • Corbin O'Brian: Bombs won't stop terrorism, brains will, and we don't have nearly enough of those. I'm gonna give you a shot, Snowden.