I tend to be sympathetic to your views, but I recently heard a different take on this whole IP / Copyright theft matter and I'm not sure what to make of it: 1.

I tend to be sympathetic to your views, but I recently heard a different take on this whole IP / Copyright theft matter and I'm not sure what to make of it: 1. US residents and workers own pretty much zero IP/Copyrights themselves and basically zero stock in companies that own IP/Copyrights. 2. Therefore, forcing Chinese companies and consumers to "pay up" for IP and Copyrights really only benefits US companies and wealthy stockholders (not US consumers and workers). 3. If there no charge at all for this stolen IP, Chinese companies would be able to offer cheaper exported products to US workers and consumers, who would actually benefit more from the lower prices than from protecting the IP in the first place. 4. Furthermore, if US company products (e.g. Microsoft Windows) are pirated in China, it leaves the Chinese consumer with more dollars to buy other US imported goods which are not IP-focused (e.g. soybeans or almonds or wine or something) thus benefiting the average US consumer and worker more.