Edward Snowden, Russia’s ‘Disinformation Campaign’ Drive ‘Downhill’ Narrative, Says ‘Black Swan’ Author – Benzinga

Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said Kremlin disinformation camp, former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others are making everyone forget that west lives in the most transparent times ever.

What Happened: Taleb tweeted that the idea that things are downhill emanates from sources like the Kremlin's disinformation campaign and Snowden among others. Taleb also pointed the finger at formerLibertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul.

In a Twitter thread, Taleb said while seemingly taking a side dig at former President Donald Trump that while he liked Paul and the idea that overinterventionism and printing money is bad but, since the 1900s, standards of living have risen yuuugely.

Talebs comments on the 1900s were made in response to a tweet by Paul, where the latter said Americans ditched sound money, with the creation of the Fed, and ditched the belief of non-intervention in the affairs of other nations...It's been all downhill ever since.

Why It Matters: Taleb said on Twitter that we should improve the system, make people more accountable, etc. He said he failed to see the downhill.

On interventionism, he said to stop states from having slavery or preventing dictators like Adolf Hitler from putting people in gas chambers is not only good policy but also a moral imperative.

In July, Snowden had taken a potshot at the rising inflation in the United States and said were all going to be billionaires. At the time he had expressed trepidation on the future of young people and said they were about to step into the world with the difficulty slider locked on Nightmare Mode.

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