This isn't really a statement about the relative importance of certain professions, it's mostly a statement about China. They're a lawless country, and we shoul

This isn't really a statement about the relative importance of certain professions, it's mostly a statement about China. They're a lawless country, and we should probably just disconnect their country from the rest of the internet until that changes. Or at least fine them and issue sanctions until they pay up. It would be a very bad idea for a US company to start a renegade hacking team that broke into other companies and stole their documents. That would get you thrown in jail, no matter who you were. It would be an even worse if you started counter-hacking random ips that attacked your machines, because you'd end up with soccer moms crying to politicians on national television about what you did to their kids.