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The behavior they describe is exactly how every industrialized nation has become industrialized (except for UK). There is no way to develop a technologically ad
by coliveira 8y ago
The behavior they describe is exactly how every industrialized nation has become industrialized (except for UK). There is no way to develop a technologically advanced nation if you respect artificially imposed barriers such as patents, which by their very nature cannot be effectively enforced in foreign countries.
- sangnoir 8y ago> The behavior they describe is exactly how every industrialized nation has become industrialized (except for UK). Not even the UK is exempt- Robert Fortune stole tea production IP (and samples) from China(!) in a covert mission[1] for Britain[2]. Now tea is quintessentially british 1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea... 2. I know Britain and the UK are not the same thing. Bear with me, NI.