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> I don't understand why people who make this argument think it's OK for the US government to spy on the private communications of all Chinese citizens but not
by bombolo 3y ago
> I don't understand why people who make this argument think it's OK for the US government to spy on the private communications of all Chinese citizens but not for it to spy on those of American citizens. Is it OK for China to spy on American citizen's private communications, then?
Because USA is good, so if they are the ones doing the spying, it's just for pretty legit reasons, while chinese people don't speak english so they clearly are up to no good /s
- kelnos 3y agoYou're being sarcastic, but in a generalized sense that's exactly what it is: of course spying is ok/good when it's your country doing it to someone else! Obviously that spying will enrich your country, and might even make you safer. But duh, of course it's bad when someone else spies on you! That can only make you less safe. It's not about "ok", it's about winning the "war".
- bombolo 3y agoBut I'm not in USA, I'm in sweden. For me, USA is the more imminent danger, so I don't understand why people aren't equally appalled.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y ago> so I don't understand why people aren't equally appalled the answer here is the difference between "me" and "people"
- bombolo 3y ago"people in the same country as me, who are in the same set of risks as me". Don't pretend you didn't understand just to comment pointless nitpicking.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agowhat makes you think they view things that way, rather than just you viewing things that way? after all, humans have a tendency to think other people think the same way they do
- bombolo 3y ago[flagged]