Psychoanalyst David Morgan on what makes some people risk all to speak out.
Think of films like All the President’s Men, Erin Brockovich and The Insider.
These all tell the stories of whistleblowers whose place in the hall of fame seems assured. Through their disclosures they, rather than governments and leaders, have become the important ones.
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