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Because none of them has come up with a good defense of their policies. The day a single one of them does, all of them start spouting the exact same thing

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1 country spying on me is better than 2

Counter point: Chinese spying will not affect you to any degree. Your own country spying on you is much more of an issue.

And again which one is known for mass murders around the globe? It is pretty clear which one is much more risks and much more evil.

The USA is well known for global power projection and coups/CIA plans/military operations around the globe. China… can barely get their own ships out of their own backyard.

From the perspective of the global citizen, arguably the USA would present more unilateral risk. The USA wouldn’t hesitate to act in their own interests in a way that screws others over. Then again, China has even less scruples, so it’s a lose/lose situation here.

I see no reason either will effect me besides my moral dislike of being spied on.

Plus I have nonzero but small legal rights and remedies to mitigate my own country's surveillance of me.

For one, you could more easily get on no-fly lists, since more data about you means more data to match against whatever secret crterion. Even if it is all false positives.

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