That's a false dichotomy, but also, this is a well-known phenomenon. It was taught even when I learned history in high school here in California. https://www.b

That's a false dichotomy, but also, this is a well-known phenomenon. It was taught even when I learned history in high school here in California. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-02-01/piracy-and-fraud-propelled-the-u-s-industrial-revolution https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-02-01/piracy-an... http://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too/ http://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too/ I think it's a really interesting phenomenon how quickly we as a culture are able to imagine that what we're experiencing right now is without precedent.