When you look at international business history, it is clear that symmetric tit-for-tat is a dumb way to operate. Even if China is doing everything from currency manipulation to protecting its markets and stealing IP (not news) it is dumb for the *US* to retaliate in kind
I think it’s a perfectly valid. The self-serving IP regimes instituted by the west are not exactly noble gospel from heaven codifying an absolute morality for all humans. They’re expedient, advantageous artifacts created by powerful institutions at the height of their power.
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No, they’re integral institutions to any current dispensation & technological reality. We may argue over the particulars but current IP laws are a good first approximation of what is necessary for fairness to and promotion of creators.
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We have deep moral/ethical differences that cannot be sorted out on twitter clearly
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