> To me, the fact is that before pointing to what wrongs others do, we should fix our own thing.
What's the phrase... letting perfect be the enemy of good? We'll never be perfect. So by that logic we won't ever be able to criticise anyone, even if their record is considerably worse than our own.
> The US collects so much data about everyone, but people seem to find that ok. On the other hand, Russia collecting data is outrageous. This is such a weird thinking tbh.
The US government is accountable to US citizens. There are regular elections where they can vote out a government that acts against their wishes. They have no such power over Russia, an aggressive power currently waging war against a US ally. Equivalence is the weird thinking, IMO.
(EDIT: I should add all of this is from the perspective of a US citizen given the OP said “my own [UK] government”. If, in this scenario, you’re neither a US or Russian citizen, yes, I can see why you’d equivocate)
> What's the phrase... letting perfect be the enemy of good
I don't think this applies. When it comes to privacy of its citizens, there is no 'good' in the anglosphere. In the US we have a constitutional amendment specifically about the government not snooping, but it's effectively moot. There is no respect given at all to the privacy of citizens by government.
afavour|2 years ago
What's the phrase... letting perfect be the enemy of good? We'll never be perfect. So by that logic we won't ever be able to criticise anyone, even if their record is considerably worse than our own.
> The US collects so much data about everyone, but people seem to find that ok. On the other hand, Russia collecting data is outrageous. This is such a weird thinking tbh.
The US government is accountable to US citizens. There are regular elections where they can vote out a government that acts against their wishes. They have no such power over Russia, an aggressive power currently waging war against a US ally. Equivalence is the weird thinking, IMO.
(EDIT: I should add all of this is from the perspective of a US citizen given the OP said “my own [UK] government”. If, in this scenario, you’re neither a US or Russian citizen, yes, I can see why you’d equivocate)
smolder|2 years ago
I don't think this applies. When it comes to privacy of its citizens, there is no 'good' in the anglosphere. In the US we have a constitutional amendment specifically about the government not snooping, but it's effectively moot. There is no respect given at all to the privacy of citizens by government.
someone321|2 years ago
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trasz4|2 years ago
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