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If the Overton Window is a binding rule in political theory, why is espionage still unacceptable? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by PatrickStar@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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There are peeping toms everywhere. Some aren't even government entities (even though a number of them are, though this diversity ties into the question). Some also apply more force to it than others. But nobody is saying we should be spying on people anymore than anyone said that in past centuries.

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[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Espionage is inherently deceitful. It's tolerated as a cost of modern life, but it is (by legal definition in many cases) engaging in illegal or unethical activity on behalf of a third party. If it were acceptable, it wouldn't be espionage, it would just be research.

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