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Well of course. Every country has at some point been hostile to it's own citizens or some segment of it's population. It's something that the citizenry need t
by Junk_Collector 7y ago
Well of course. Every country has at some point been hostile to it's own citizens or some segment of it's population. It's something that the citizenry need to push back on and keep the government in check. But by and large, the US is no where near as adversarial to it's citizens, companies, or infrastructure as China.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoThat claim would need some substantiation. Not sure how you even measure that. Certainly, if you and I started spending repeated 30 minute looking for examples of adversarial actions taken by the US and China against their people, neither of us would run out of examples before tomorrow. So what are you claiming exactly?
- Junk_Collector 7y agoI was responding to TallShortGuy's snarky assertion that the US conducts espionage on itself. Of course it does, everyone knows it does, and almost every other country does the same. The fact that the US spies on itself does not mean that there is not a greater threat of espionage from China or that the US should ignore the possibility. I was also asserting that I personally do not believe that a government should conduct espionage on it's own people and that society needs to push back against such actions. Even in cases where another country is highly adversarial to you, the milder home country might be much worse because of their proximity and involvement in your day to day life.