• I would say that arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying that you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. Rights exist and have value for more than just the individual in the current moment. Rights are both individual and collective. And when you think about the value of a free press, we’re not all journalists, but we still derive value from them. Moreover, rights are not really intended, rights are not really designed for use by the elites, for people who are leading our debates, because these are the people who are least threatened with the abrogation of their rights. The system exists to serve and protect these people. Rights are almost always needed on a regular, continual basis by those who are vulnerable, by those who are not protected by the system, by those who are not protected by their communities, by the people who are different, by the people who are ahead of everyone else because of a new idea, or people who are simply minorities, who don’t have access to the same resources, don’t have access to the same ability to compete.

    —

    Edward Snowden
    (via kateoplis)

    When the history of 21st Century is written, Snowden should be one of our heros.










  • Wissahickon, 2016. Hasselblad 500c, Kodak Portra 400nc