I disagree with your logic. If the goal is to further the goals of open society and freedom, the worst way to do it is to deliver US Govt secrets to Putin's KGB ( or FSB as they call it now ). What is the net effect of this action? depending on what's on those laptops, he could have made things worse
It's silly to focus on Snowden's actions at all when uncontrolled violent organization forces various groups of people to give up information on millions of people and lie to them about the fact.
Imagine, Snowden does not go to Russia, but goes to Finland instead. Did it make your life any better considering what we know?
"uncontrolled violent organization". That's a bit of an overstatement, don't you think? And the same or worse could be said of the Russian FSB ( former KGB )
Government is not controlled by people. This is easy to prove by trying to peacefully disagree with government's procedures. E.g. not paying taxes or not following regulations when establishing a company or a bank.
"Voting" is a suggestion. You are not allowed to "vote" for "leave me alone, I don't hurt anyone".
"Government is not controlled by people. This is easy to prove by trying to peacefully disagree with government's procedures. E.g. not paying taxes"
I am not sure why you would assert that paying taxes is not in the interest of the people. Functioning government is definitely in the interest of the people and taxes pay for it
