We don't even need to get into "desperation" arguments. I support their efforts to copy and extend 100%. Western states deserve to have their asses handed to

We don't even need to get into "desperation" arguments. I support their efforts to copy and extend 100%. Western states deserve to have their asses handed to them on this. This was a double-whammy of stupid assumptions: that the rest of the world-- with different backgrounds and needs-- would forever accept the "let's legislate that water runs uphill" IP narrative, and that other countries were willing to remain trade vassals forever. If it takes industrial-scale Chinese copying to force technology to march forward, I'm all for it. I also love the tendency to cast this as moral argument-- "they're StEaLiNg our tech." If anyone is immoral in this situation, it's the IP holders. They're bottling up the very progress of mankind to ensure they can make their quarterly sacrifices to the almighty Market God, and we've just normalized it here. I hope that their attitude towards intellectual property gets ever laxer and shows us a new way forward.