### Comment:
In your hypothetical, did Bill Gates also spend 30 years stealing Chinese IP and trade secrets? 
  
 Let them bitch about it. Pathetic how pols get turned into supplicants in front of the Chinese.

### REPLY:
Sure, I’ll agree with your addition to the hypothetical. However, wouldn’t WE justify it as doing something for the greater good and future national security of our nation. We would need to catch up (and keep up) with technological progress in order to become and remain a superpower.

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