Reddit reviews Permanent Record

In his recent book, Permanent Record, Snowden explains very clearly why there were no "proper channels" for him to go through. "Proper channels", and whistle-blowing through formal procedures, work when wrong-doing is confined to a single individual or sub-group of individuals. It doesn't work when the entire organization is complicit in the wrong-doing. Or multiple organizations. If the entire organization is complicit, as it was in Snowden's case, then the "proper channels" are actually designed to serve and protect the agencies/entities and shut down any reporting that could expose it/them. Severe repercussions would no doubt befall the individual making the report, as well.

That's a nice selection, and I actually had to read the French version of The Rebel at my high school (I'm in Quebec). The way I see it, you are more anti-authoritarian than anything else, with more openness as to how to manage the economy. And that's a great approach, most activists are like you. By the way, get Permanent Record by Snowden if you haven't already, the US government is trying so hard to get that book off the shelves. It's a book that both sides of libertarianism would enjoy as it talks about Snowden's experiences and his revelations of mass government surveillance.