scrtwpnx OP t1_j65bmm7 wrote
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Yup. Another big part is to blame some "evil other" while this country falls apart.
RantoniFantoni t1_j65d4py wrote
Here in the US, there's almost 0 coverage of the EU's attempts to split Silicon valley's European operations in order to stop NSA mass surveillance.
It's literally collective amnesia over here. When the EU data privacy issue comes out the American press spins it as a purely commercial concern and ignores that EU commission literally speaking out against illegal US global surveillance.
afrothunder2104 t1_j65imx5 wrote
It isn’t collective amnesia. It’s not unrealistic for a country like the us to be doing the same thing they accuse another country of doing within the us. Of course we would want to prevent the other country from continuing while trying to do it ourselves.
I’m not saying it’s the right thing to do, the right thing is to have none of this happening. But at the same time, this isn’t a fantasy land and there are bad actors all over (I’m not excluding the us, so save your angry responses) so I want my country to be proactive in this one way or another.
RantoniFantoni t1_j65ot76 wrote
Except it's hypocritical to claim that hypothetical mass survelliance by China is evil while we do it and are globally condemned for it while the same press hyping up the China threat is ignoring the European press and EU condemning us for it.
It's one thing to be honest about it, it's a while other to lie out your ass and only hear what you want to hear from Europe. AKA Nationalism.
ExpensivLow t1_j667a53 wrote
Well the “evil other” is a real country that wishes ill upon us
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IsThisKismet t1_j67mz68 wrote
Do you really believe that?
China needs the US to buy their stuff. The US needs China to sell us their stuff.
ExpensivLow t1_j67r2d1 wrote
They sure as hell don’t want a democratic republic gaining influence.
IsThisKismet t1_j68s2oj wrote
I don’t even know what this means.
America has the most control over the entire planet. China is only doing what we do.
Archivist_of_Lewds t1_j69tprz wrote
you mean a belligerent and hostile foreign power with designs on invading its neighbors?
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