He does. https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/718800782515118080

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11547298 and marked it off-topic.

Well, why do you think? He's stuck in Russia because of his NSA whistleblowing, and Putin isn't exactly the most tolerant about criticism. He's playing the cards he's dealt the best he can.

But why don't you do something? Is Snowden the only person responsible for criticizing all the wrongs in the world? He's already done, and sacrificed, way more than the vast majority of people. Why is that still not good enough? What have you done and sacrificed for others?

Many people are already highly critical of Russia (see, for example, yourself); what could Snowden add to that, and would it be worth the cost?

Before Snowden's leaks, those critical of the NSA could be shrugged off as paranoid tinfoil hats; Snowden not only brought that criticism into the public light, but provided hard evidence to back it up. That was a great contribution, and one he thought was worth the (also great) cost.

Because you pick your battles. One evil superpower at a time.

You can be courageous without being suicidal.

...said the keyboard warrior.

perhaps because he has no concrete information on their behaviour whereas he had exactly that on his own US government.

Because sooner or later he'd run out of countries to hide in and he would have to flee to Alpha Centauri.

Still, blind guess, it's safe to say that he is more corageous than you.