Russia, Snowden and China's weaponized economy

Chinese Internet users back Snowden
I haven't commented on this story yet, but it is time to do so.

When a country has to spy on its own citizens, the country has lost its moral authority.

When other countries, in this case China and Russia, feel they can ignore the US demands for extradition, the country has lost its position of leadership in the world.

This is about a combination of corruption in our government and the export of our manufacturing capability leading to a potential downfall of the entire country.

Worse still, our model threatens to bring down our allies in Europe since China has no compunction about underselling products to those countries also.

The technology is out there to monitor every call that is made.  I've seen it.  Anyone who believes this is not possible isn't paying attention to the technology.   While it is terrifying to know that a corrupted government is using this, if you want something more to worry about, remember that the underlying hardware is almost all manufactured in China today and that movement of manufacturing and technology is increasing exponentially as our government continues to languish in its corruption.

Is it still possible to solve this problem?  The answers are in China's weaponized economy, but the ability to do that decreases every day and will soon be gone if it isn't already.