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America's foreign policy (as a government as evidenced through history and present-day) is to police and/or spy on the world but not to be policed and/or spied
by tsujp 6y ago
America's foreign policy (as a government as evidenced through history and present-day) is to police and/or spy on the world but not to be policed and/or spied on.
- secondcoming 6y agoThat's not just America's foreign policy though. Even Denmark has an espionage unit.
- tsujp 6y agoI'd assume everyone does; the person I am replying to asked for someone to explain it to them so I have.
- meepmorp 6y agoEveryone wants to spy, nobody wants to be spied on. It's a typical part of what we call international power politics and it's been going on for roughly all of human history. I honestly don't understand the point you're tying to make. Are you just complaining that it's unfair?
- tsujp 6y agoYes, I know. The comment I am replying to states: Anyone care to explain this to me? So I am explaining it. If you want my own view: On this situation I don't care.
- meepmorp 6y agoSorry, my caffeine uptake seems to be a bit slower than usual today.
- buran77 6y agoI think the question was on the lines of "why do people think it's ok when their country does it but not ok when others do it". The answer if simple: ignorance and cognitive dissonance (hypocrisy?). Ignorance because most aren't even aware their own country engages in the exact same tactics and even far worse. And cognitive dissonance because "I must be good so my opponent must be bad" [0]. [0] https://pics.onsizzle.com/our-blessed-homeland-their-barbarous-wastes-our-glorious-leader-their-30162740.png https://pics.onsizzle.com/our-blessed-homeland-their-barbaro...
- dgb23 6y agoThat comes of as cynical and reductionist. I don't want to be spied on and I don't want my country to spy on anyone.
- cloverich 6y agoUnfortunatley that's just the way the world works. We don't have world peace yet, and have plenty of countries that if not outright hostile in the rhetoric and stance, have the capacity to elect leaders who could change those stances. All of those countries have complex sets of relationships with one another, and its not a given that if your country is attacked (and is not the US or some other super power), that someone else will come and defend it. The concern over China is, of course, quite a bit more obvious given the _ongoing_ abuse of their own citizens.