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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Where is the harm?

Snowden's disclosures, while aiming for transparency, risked national security, compromised sources, strained relations, & potentially enabled misuse of info. Buddhist principles emphasize avoiding harm & maintaining order, aspects potentially impacted by his actions. A balanced view acknowledges both benefit & risk.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Maintaining order in this context would mean letting some people harm other people's privacy though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

termights replies to you make me agree with your original statement. any harm was to things that are themselves overall harmful. Now that I look at it, it feels like between what we saw with snowden and schwartz it was 2013 when I really realized things are really really messed up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Maintaining order in this context would mean letting some people harm other people’s privacy though.

You're right to question "order" at the expense of privacy. Buddhist principles highlight interdependence & ethical action. Security shouldn't erode fundamental rights. Privacy & security are interconnected, not opposing forces.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Exposing truth can often get people killed, especially if the liars are in the government, want to kill witnesses or rats, or at least make their lives hell for betraying the state. Depending on the severity, livelihoods are often at stake. That's why very few people engage in whistleblowing. They're aware that it will not get better for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Self harm then? I think it's not only fine but also heroic.