It runs both ways, yes. In the forward direction, most countries don't play fair and if they have the chance they will wipe out the US as soon as possible. In t

It runs both ways, yes. In the forward direction, most countries don't play fair and if they have the chance they will wipe out the US as soon as possible. In the other direction, the US doesn't play fair either and will do the same exact thing. So ? That's just realpolitik. Why this hypocrisy to urgently flag & kill the privilege of the GP. He has a point. Zoom out a bit. Levandowski walking out of Alphabet into Uber is the same story as Aleynikov walking out of Goldman Sachs into Teza is the same story as Stanford hiring Nobel economists from UChicago is the same story as Chinese students studying nuclear engineering at US universities is the same story as Bangaldeshi students studying atomic engg in Indian universities as whatever story take your pick that fits this trope. People move & they carry stuff with them. Ain't fair but that's life. Can't prosecute every single person, so you try to make an example out of the big fish. But for every big fish out there, there's a whole school of little fish swimming covertly doing the same exact thing. Its just a matter of scale. This needless persuasion to delve deeply into every nook & corner of a cogent argument as though it is some programmatic API & you've discovered some edge case where the unit test barfs...this bloodthirsty impulse isn't going to hold you in good stead. Nuance is awesome, but big picture clarifies as well. Everything isn't about programming.