Yes, I know. The comment I am replying to states:

    Anyone care to explain this to me?

So I am explaining it. If you want my own view: On this situation I don't care.

Sorry, my caffeine uptake seems to be a bit slower than usual today.

I think the question was on the lines of "why do people think it's ok when their country does it but not ok when others do it". The answer if simple: ignorance and cognitive dissonance (hypocrisy?). Ignorance because most aren't even aware their own country engages in the exact same tactics and even far worse. And cognitive dissonance because "I must be good so my opponent must be bad" [0].

[0] https://pics.onsizzle.com/our-blessed-homeland-their-barbaro...

That comes of as cynical and reductionist. I don't want to be spied on and I don't want my country to spy on anyone.

Unfortunatley that's just the way the world works. We don't have world peace yet, and have plenty of countries that if not outright hostile in the rhetoric and stance, have the capacity to elect leaders who could change those stances. All of those countries have complex sets of relationships with one another, and its not a given that if your country is attacked (and is not the US or some other super power), that someone else will come and defend it. The concern over China is, of course, quite a bit more obvious given the _ongoing_ abuse of their own citizens.