• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Capitalists don’t like it when China “steals” their IP, but never seem to want to pay back royalties on gunpowder, paper, printing, and the compass.

      Curious.

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      Turns out it was tech transfers that these dumbasses were signing all along. Meaning they made a deal…they got to exploit China’s labor force and China got legal access to their IP.

      Signs away IP

      “How dare they steal my IP!”

    • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      They really can’t be stealing tech from us companies. In almost all cases they just bought it from some college. Our tax dollars paid for it and companies have it represent that value of it being stolen. If China takes it and makes better products we can buy that us actually a good return on investment for us.

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      It is just a usual expression of Western ego. They ignore the shoulders of giants they stand on, the collective humanity which has enabled them to add their grain of sand, and then demand to be recognized as a god for their miniscule contribution to this millenias long process.