“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” — Edward Snowden

  • @Mango
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    31 month ago

    I should switch to crime. I bet it pays.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      31 month ago

      Only if you’re already rich, and powerful. If you’re not, then they use it to enslave you.

      • @Mango
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        11 month ago

        When it comes to crime, my own personal power suddenly matters unlike ‘civil’ society where everything is financial leverage. I’m VERY capable and that can stand on it’s own instead of needing to pass an interview and ignorant judgemental rich kids.

          • Beaver [she/her]
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            1 month ago

            That’s a strawman. You’re not a lion, you wear shoes for crying out loud maybe should we all go barefoot according to your logic or eat our young because that’s what the animal kingdom does.

          • @[email protected]
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            -11 month ago

            I think it’s more “people are more likely to be punished for trespassing when exposing farming conditions, than the farmer are likely to be charged with some form of abuse or cruelty”

            Even though I know that eating meat is immoral, it is not on the same level as genocide; no one should even pretend that it is.

              • Beaver [she/her]
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                11 month ago

                Meat is immoral as it is enslaving and murdering other animals. You wouldn’t say that if we were eating your flesh or your dog’s.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 month ago

                  Shows how little you actually think about these things. There are situations where that would actually be something I would be okay with.

                  Taking a position like yours is actually detrimental due to the fact you refuse to see other possibilities

              • Victoria Antoinette
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                41 month ago

                it’s not a genocide. we don’t want to wipe out dairy cows or broiler chickens.

    • @Feathercrown
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      31 month ago

      carnism

      Let’s get ready to rumbleeeeeee

    • @[email protected]
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      231 month ago

      In a place the people he exposed have a hard time silencing him. Whether it’s a good place is not the question, he did a thing and now has to hide from people who want to see him thrown in a hole.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 month ago

          Why? Do you think his criticism would be any less valid if spoken from a country that has explicit censorship laws?

          Kinda weird that you are trying to discredit someone with more knowledge on the topic than you… I would say his choice of countries was rather limited, and would actually lend more credence to the words as he has more data to base it off of.

          So go piss up a rope.

          • @Maalus
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            -61 month ago

            Why are you so hesitant to say “Russia”

            • @[email protected]
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              111 month ago

              Because the answer has no bearing on the point being made.

              Life is not a movie and 99.9% of the population would have made the same choice as Snowden.

              Either rot for life in a lightless cell or go to whatever country accepts you and doesn’t extradite you.

              Turns out that this country was Russia. The choice was simple.

        • @SkyezOpen
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          31 month ago

          His options were Russia, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and maybe China.