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Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by daveevad on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:24PM (#25211671)
> boosted that to somewhere in the $10-20 million range since leaving office

that right there is unacceptable to me.

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Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @01:44PM (#25212693)
It’s unacceptable for a private citizen to make money writing books and giving speeches? Can you expand on this a bit? Why would this be a a problem?
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Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by dlp211 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @01:46PM (#25212714)
Why? Are people with deep technical knowledge, both soft and hard, not allowed to profit from that knowledge? Can you point to some conflict of interest in writing a book, speaking, and being a professor while a private citizen? Are you just against capitalism?

The man spent his entire adult life in service to this country and never profited from it while in the act of that service, which you can't say for many of his colleagues.

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