Well it was incredibly short-sighted to do that only if they planned to remain jingoist and nationalist.

Literally nothing stopping us from collaborating rather than competing with China right now.

Oh yes, this extremely outdated patent law that is getting abused every day in the US by the so called patent trolls. Shall I remind you that many of the technological advancements you enjoy today are indeed manufactured in Asia?

Or shall I break your heart by saying that if they have stayed in your beloved US it would have been considerably more expensive? And you know it is not that the US has not a proven track record of spying on anyone including their own allies. So think about when you try to preach next time, who has the moral high ground.

As Lenin wrote, “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.”