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What happened to the Snowden archive

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anotherhue · 1789945894 · focus · HN ↗
I think the real answer is the Overton window shifted to accommodate what was previously scandalous,
1. fantasizr · 1789959651 · focus · HN ↗
  thats the tough thing about investigative journalism / whistleblowers. You have to hope there's an audience who will care.
  1. rightnutwingjob · 1789965360 · focus · HN ↗
    Plenty of people care.
    Empathy is, after all, free.
    Action has a price.
    rexpop · 1789967171 · focus · HN ↗
    It's a figure of speech. It's short for "care enough to to take action."
    rightnutwingjob · 1790137826 · focus · HN ↗
    No it’s not.
    It’s short for: post on the internet to strangers.
    rexpop · 1790231032 · focus · HN ↗
    > You have to hope there's an audience who will [post on the internet to strangers].
    No, I don't think that's what they're saying.

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