I 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

I 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.