> And those countries would not engage in surveillance if the US did not? A rhetorical question about whether other countries would spy on citizens if the US w

> And those countries would not engage in surveillance if the US did not? A rhetorical question about whether other countries would spy on citizens if the US were to stop. (Hint, the answer is that they absolutely would continue). > You create a 2 country elementary payoff matrix for that game and tell everyone what the Nash equilibrium is. I think this is saying that there is nothing for other countries to gain by stopping surveillance programs, even if the US were to. This is the Nash equilibrium[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium