Snowden single-handedly tried to subvert a country's surveillance system. It is difficult to use heroism to evaluate Snowden's actions. In order to resist the government's surveillance and let the people know the truth of their surveillance, he chose to stand up and tell the truth. The truth of the world, giving up personal comfort, but finally under the deterrence of power, but had to flee from their own country, relatives.
Today, everyone lives in an environment under the surveillance of power. No one likes such an environment. However, obedience has become a helpless choice for the public. Only when some surveillance personnel find it unbearable in their conscience, he will stand up and tell the world that you are always being harassed. The listener, however, his strength is not enough to challenge the power, and the ordinary people seem so insignificant in the state apparatus, even if we realize the problem, it is difficult to change the status quo. How will human society end itself under the rule of power, and the Snowden incident can make the power realize that the bankruptcy of the final plan may come from within.
The powerful are also afraid that one day they will passively become the bearers of the powerful.
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