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    3 days ago

    Julian Assange, Edward Snowden…

    I think it comes from America’s roots – America was founded on liberty and freedom, and to some extent, questioning authority, and I think since then it’s been somewhat cyclical with socioeconomic changes.

    It’s also part of the American mythos that is perpetuated in film and music. We have superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man, and Green Arrow, western heroes like Zorro and the Lone Ranger, movies like Star Wars, The Hunger Games, Bonnie & Clyde, show like Mr. Robot…