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Does ACAB include Edward Snowden?
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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He blew the whistle because the surveillance apparatus was surveilling Americans; everyone else was fair game. The complete rejection he suffered from the Americans might've morphed into "mass surveillance is generically bad", which now catches non-Americans too, but he's an American dog who got a fright when he saw the reality outside propaganda reels. The system continues unabated. ACAB.
Also the five eyes is genius honestly. A lot of nations have strong laws preventing spying on their own citizens... Except it's not illegal to spy on another country, especially with a tacit agreement that they can spy on your own citizens and you just trade information later.