Joe Bilsborough is a writer and student at the University of Leeds, studying English Literature. He has written for Leeds Student and The Times, tweets at @joebilsborough and writes at joebilsborough.blogspot.co.uk.
In America, candidacy is reserved only for those who can afford it, betraying the essential democratic concept of choice. How has Edward Snowden's choice to sacrifice himself for his fellow citizens allowed an alternative to this narrow form of democracy?