So what you’re saying is, the complaint about China spying on people boils down to piracy?

Oh, sure, especially if it’s the same few users. It’s just mildly surprising to not even run into them.

Really? You never ran into the endless “…furthermore, .ml must be defederated” posts?

There’s always the worst possible option: they’re true believers. They genuinely believe the rest of the world is freeloading on the US, and that (atlas) shrugging them off will make everyone else collapse.