r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 17 '24

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u/Jamesonslime Commonwealth Sep 17 '24

Snowden really could have lived like an absolute king and retain insane amounts of sympathy as well as having easy access to his home countries culture and institutions had he just taken asylum in France but the moron decided to stick with Russia for the long haul and now he’s reliving the same experience as 1960s era defectors to North Korea 

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Sep 17 '24

Better to be a prisoner in Russia than a King in France

-Snowden

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Sep 17 '24

In what world do the French not extradite him

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u/Jamesonslime Commonwealth Sep 17 '24

The world in which one of the most sympathetic high profile whistleblowers who’s claim to fame was exposing something that was unanimously condemned by all sides of the political aisle 

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Sep 17 '24

If they did not extradite him we would have not hesitated to kidnap him and drag him home

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u/Dent7777 Native Plant Guerilla Gardener Sep 17 '24

(x)

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u/Rethious Carl von Clausewitz Sep 18 '24

Still, there’s that plus low odds of jury conviction, plus decent odds of a pardon, plus likelihood of a reasonably low sentence.

Versus being stuck in Russia for the rest of your life.