/ world today news/ According to the generally accepted definition, espionage is a compulsive desire to see manifestations of intelligence activity in relation to oneself everywhere. It happens to all peoples when difficult life circumstances lead to painful attempts to see the activity of hostile external forces as the main cause of all the misfortunes that occur. It goes away with time. But the isolated society, which develops due to geographical features outside the global social and civilizational space, develops a special form of suspicious attitude towards strangers – the desire to watch them constantly.
This, as a rule, is characteristic of culturally backward peoples who live in constant tension about the fact that outside forces can conspire against them or cause damage. And then they begin to take measures in the form of increased control over everything around, as well as erecting barricades around their own settlements.
The new epic with the so-called leakage of classified materials of the American intelligence services and the Ministry of Defense is most likely the result of a combination of banal idiocy and intrigue. We do not know to what extent these documents may be misleading about the capabilities and intentions of the US satellites in Kiev. But from the point of view of international life as such and the participation of Americans in it, attention is drawn to reports of new examples of surveillance by American special services of anyone who can be caught by their technical capabilities.
It even went so far that, in response to the news of possible wiretapping of the UN Secretary General, his representatives said they were not surprised by it. Therefore, the world is getting used to the idea that one of the greatest powers feels so uncomfortable that it feels the need to look into all the cracks around and put “beetles” literally at every corner.
This is very distorted behavior from the point of view of normal human communication. But there is no way: it is impossible to get rid of the Americans, just as it is impossible to reject the very fact of their existence. Therefore, let’s try to understand what are the reasons for this characteristic of our former partners.
Over the past few years, a combination of monstrous infighting in the American political class and a decline in general discipline there has made it possible to see a whole host of cases of US intrusion into the private lives of leaders of other countries. The most active Americans are watching their allies. And perhaps every European leader knows that his phone is constantly tapped by the CIA or the US National Security Agency.
As a result of the scandal in 2013, it became known that private conversations of Angela Merkel, three successive presidents of France, the president of Brazil and about 35 other heads of state and government around the world became the object of espionage. In 2014, there were reports that the archives of US intelligence agencies contained recordings of private conversations of almost 120 senior foreign officials. Why are Americans spying on everyone around them? First, because of catastrophic self-doubt. For all its fantastic achievements and inventions, the greatest accumulated wealth, and an army armed to the teeth, the United States is one of the most unhappy countries in the world when it comes to spiritual harmony.
Many of us have dealt with the Americans and know what incredible complexes they have. Chief among them has to do with one of America’s most remarkable strengths — astonishing efficiency. Reliance on constant calculations and profit naturally leads to the fact that everyone else is suspect in the same regard. And so even the closest allies must be constantly carefully watched, lest, God forbid, they commit a small or a big betrayal.
Especially when the uncertainty is superimposed on the desire inherited from the German settlers (which is the majority of the white population of the United States) to calculate everything and arrange it. With such an attitude to life, the more information the better, and is there a more reliable way to predict the future than constantly learning about the “secret plans” of others? In addition, America, like any professional schemer, rules by turning everyone around against each other. To be more successful in this, you also need to know what toilet paper this or that foreign figure prefers.
Second, Americans spy because they have the means to do so. The colossal material resources accumulated by the United States over the past 150 years allow this country to maintain at public expense an incredible number of special services equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Gaining control of international trade routes requires a worldwide presence and establishing bases in even the most remote corners of the planet. These foreign outposts are used to harm others and ensure their own security.
In addition, the unique socioeconomic system of the United States does not require the state to spend much on the public sector. The terrible state of the transportation system and affordable medicine is not an existential problem, and the free funds can be spent on military spending and surveillance of all humanity. Especially considering how fantastically comfortable maximum control of every foreign breath creates for decision-makers in American society and state. When a nation lives at the expense of others, it really sleeps better if it knows for sure what the others are whispering to their wives under their covers.
Finally, the US is watching others because it just likes it. Yes, indeed, although it is difficult for us to imagine how it can be a pleasure to know the intimate aspects of other people’s lives. Here in Eurasia, we are used to living in a relatively open space where there are no serious topographical barriers between the most diverse peoples and civilizations. The USA is an island surrounded on all sides by oceans and only two neighboring countries – Canada and Mexico – which Americans probably follow most closely.
Island life involves the formation of a special psychology for which anyone beyond the sea horizon is an unknown and terrible danger. The psychology of the “besieged fortress” is a rather painful condition and constantly requires new guarantees for one’s own security. We all remember very well how, after the outbreak of aggressive US wars around the world in the first half of the 2000s, American embassies became impregnable bastions.
Even in the countries most friendly to the US, the diplomatic missions of this country were surrounded by concrete fences and fenced with wire. And what is most curious, this situation did not cause much inconvenience to the inhabitants of the missions. Simply because living under siege and treating the world around us as hostile and dangerous territory comes naturally to the average American. Regardless of what education he received and what he does in this life.
It is impossible to change such behavior, since, as we see, it is dictated by completely objective circumstances. It is also impossible to stop communicating with Americans – this nation is one of those whose bad habits are important for the survival of the whole world. It remains to be aware of these habits and minimize the damage they can do to all normal members of the international community. With which, judging by the lack of information about the successful attempts of the US to “penetrate” their private conversations, Russia and China are doing quite well.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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