Other governments lack the ability to take my property, take my freedom, or take my life.
FBI has the ability, with a single action, to ruin any resident's of the US life, I think that is significantly more worrisome than if Russia or China has my face unless I lived in Russia or China
I didn't down-vote you as I believe views like this should be stated but responded to properly. Your safety from foreign governments is not guaranteed even if you live within the borders of the United States. A perfect example of this is a post by someone else here on Hacker News pertaining to the tools that the Chinese government uses to identify dissidents outside of their borders.
Nothing in that story seems to concern me or most US Citizens, if you are a Chinese citizen living in the US, attended a US University then return home sure you should be concerned and I do not condone the actions of China. However I am a Natural Born US Citizen, and I have no plans or desire to ever visit China, Russia, or even Europe
And lets be real here. FBI is not much different, and has more direct control over people in the US than the china bogey man you are attempting to peddle
Well after reconsidering your responses you do get downvotes. You will certainly live an uneventful, forgettable life with that attitude. It is clear that you add very little value in the future of humanity overall. That in itself isn't condemnable. What is however is your blatant disregard for others with your selfish statements. I hope to never encounter you again on HN as your world view is very limited. Period.
>>You will certainly live an uneventful, forgettable life with that attitude.
That is the dream, and desire. I want a uneventful, drama free, peaceful existence. Nor do I have the desire to leave a "legacy" or be remembered in anyway, I can not understand the desire for celebrity.
>>It is clear that you add very little value in the future of humanity overall. That in itself isn't condemnable.
lol, yes I am sure your contributions will change the world. Narcissism much?
>>What is however is your blatant disregard for others with your selfish statements.
My statements are realist. My statements are based on the reality of the world, I am not sure why you believe my statements are a "disregard for others" in my acknowledgement of the fact that in my situation the FBI is more of a threat to me than CCP, where as the CCP is more of a threat to a Chinese national than the FBI.
That is a statement of fact, your denial of this fact does not change reality
>>I hope to never encounter you again on HN as your world view is very limited. Period.
All of your responses actually reek of your narcissistic tendencies. I choose to ignore your perception of reality due to the simple fact that making statements of absolutes just by assuming that what you believe to be the truth and others should fall in line with your truth is flawed.
This is the problem today. A bunch of ignorant people are making statements and trying to force others to believe that it is the truth. You are just a casualty of your grandiose perception of your opinion.
FBI has the ability, with a single action, to ruin any resident's of the US life, I think that is significantly more worrisome than if Russia or China has my face unless I lived in Russia or China
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