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OK but not wanting our personal records to be arbitrarily sized by the US government is very reasonable. Your government made a law that lets it spy on us...
by bettysdiagnose 4y ago
OK but not wanting our personal records to be arbitrarily sized by the US government is very reasonable. Your government made a law that lets it spy on us... that's your problem.
- wins32767 4y agoI don't think it's reasonable that I'm paying more than my share of taxes for the defense capabilities that allows Europe free access to a stable world market and roughly rules based international order that underpins the export economy of Germany in particular. If Europe would fix that, I'd feel a lot worse about the spying.
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- bettysdiagnose 4y agoComplete and utter non-sequitur but I'll humour you. I never understood American magical thinking that blames Europe for US military spending. In the end, if you want to cut military spending, you can. Regardless, you're the hegemon. I don't accept that you don't benefit from that position.
- wins32767 4y agoI don't think it is a non-sequitur. The spying is part of the overall defense structure that enables the German export economy to function. EDIT: It's like saying "This thing you're giving me that allows my whole economy to function, I don't like the consequences of how you're doing it."
- akmarinov 4y agoNo one’s making the US do that. Just stop the military spending. Of course that means the US will no longer be a global superpower, but the US can freely choose that.