On this specific issue it's pretty limited to America, not much other countries can do to fix the NSA issue

Yeah, sure. But you pointed at Americans specifically for succumbing to cognitive dissonance. It is a human flaw, not an American one. Therefore, your musing amounts to: why do humans in general espouse contradictory viewpoints?

It's certainly a valid musing, but its scope is far broader than you were letting on. (At least, that was how I read it.)

You don't actually think the U.S. is the only country spying on its citizens or the world right?

The only reason it's even a huge deal is because of the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In countries without a similar constitutional guarantee your spy agencies probably aren't even breaking the law. They're probably watching everything you do with total impunity.

I'm aware that it's not the only country, all countries have some form of intelligence agency, that's really besides the point honestly, the US has by far the largest, most automated system with frightening capabilities that is targetting everyone around the world.

>They're probably watching everything you do with total impunity.

I'd rather ere on the side of rationality here and without any evidence to the contrary I'm going to doubt any systems exist that are as large and thorough as the NSA's in my own country.

All governments have the technical capacity to secretly scan the internet traffic of their citizens. The only question is whether they choose to do it or not.