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In reply to the discussion: Thank You Bernie Sanders: 'The Devil Will Be In The Details' .. 'I Do Not Agree With The President' [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Amendment, but you you believe our government is so corrupt (remember the ONLY thing required of them in their oath is to defend the Constution. I know that is, as Bush said, quaint but some of us still take it seriously, in fact A LOT of us take it seriously.
I'm not sure what point you are making. Snowden has already changed things, he has changed the most important thing that CAN lead to changes. He has informed the PEOPLE, here and elsewhere of these criminal practices, these violations of their rights.
Governments don't change things, they do everything they can NOT to change things especially when they and their cohorts are profiting so much from the status quo.
PEOPLE are who change things. That's how it has always been throughout history.
Why do you think they work so hard to keep their nefarious deeds secret from THE PEOPLE? They do not fear the government, or the corporations, they fear the people.
Polls now show a majority of Americans, more in other parts of the world, believe that Snowden is NOT a traitor, that he is a Whistle Blower despite all the efforts to paint him as a traitor.
And the efforts were intense. THAT is what Snowden changed, the most important thing he could have done.
And that is why they are reacting, to mollify the PEOPLE. If he had thought he could trust the Government to change things, he would have gone to the government. Clearly he knew that would not happen. He knew he had to inform the people.
I am surprised you didn't realize what a huge change that is and how threatening it is those who want anything BUT change.