> in the past - Industrial Revolution - when somebody started producing something profitable others would start similar production too. Minor correction. They

> in the past - Industrial Revolution - when somebody started producing something profitable others would start similar production too. Minor correction. They stole the technology. When British invented textile mills they had strict law against exporting the designs. Cotton was bought from the US to Britain and made into textiles. Samuel Slater is considered the Father of the American Industrial Revolution was called "Slater the Traitor" in Britain. He memorized the textile factory machinery designs when he worked as an apprentice, then moved to the US. Americans, Japanese, Chinese industrialization follows the same proud tradition. You steal when you can't get it any other way.