Comment by sneak
3 years ago
I think the term "doublethink" was invented specifically for government functionaries like the IC guy you describe.
Being consistently and perfectly dogmatic requires holding two contradictory beliefs in your head at once. It's a skill.
It’s not doublethink to say the programs should have been exposed and that Snowden was a traitor for exposing them in a manner that otherwise hurt our country.
He could have done things properly, instead he dumped thousands of files unrelated to illegal surveillance to the media.
It absolutely is. Please read his book, it addresses this claim directly.
You can't fix lawlessness by reporting the violation of law to the lawbreaker.
This is also why police in the USA are out of control. You cannot fix a criminal conspiracy from within the criminal conspiracy.
PS: nations don't exist, they are fictional abstractions. You cannot "hurt a country".
> You can't fix lawlessness by reporting the violation of law to the lawbreaker
You absolutely can, especially with something as multifaceted as a country.
> nations don't exist, they are fictional abstractions. You cannot "hurt a country".
They do and you can.