It's reasonable to want governments not to spy on each other.
Is it? I think governments spying on each other is sort of a good thing, myself. Insofar as governments have conflicting interests then it makes sense that they would attempt to understand each others' strategies and seek to outmaneuver them.
I know some people argue that the world would be a better place if everyone minded their own business, but that's kinda like kids saying we could solve crime if everyone would stop being bad. It's a form of wishing the world away, reflecting an unwillingness or inability to engage with it. Uncertainty and informational asymmetry are realities of life, hoping to eliminate this entirely seems irrational to me.
Well, that's what "reasonable" means. Not that it's the correct view, but that it's understandable and, well, reasonable. Some people may have that view, and I don't think they're being unreasonable. The opposite view is also reasonable.
Is it? I think governments spying on each other is sort of a good thing, myself. Insofar as governments have conflicting interests then it makes sense that they would attempt to understand each others' strategies and seek to outmaneuver them.
I know some people argue that the world would be a better place if everyone minded their own business, but that's kinda like kids saying we could solve crime if everyone would stop being bad. It's a form of wishing the world away, reflecting an unwillingness or inability to engage with it. Uncertainty and informational asymmetry are realities of life, hoping to eliminate this entirely seems irrational to me.