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0 pointsnikau2y ago0 comments

Terrible, such actions are only tolerable when the US do it via moral operations like operation paperclip.

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bbor2y ago

How is that related? Are you actually saying that the US was being unfair to Germany by stepping on their IP? Of all the criticisms of that program I’ve never heard “but won’t somebody think of the Germans” lol.

Also, two wrongs don’t make a right, and 1945 was 2-3 scientific revolutions ago

nikauOP2y ago

I mean its still pretty hypocritical - the US is happy to take in literal Nazi war criminals to stay as a super power, yet they start clutching pearls if a developing country tries and poach some talent with IP knowledge.

RunSet2y ago

Not to say I subscribe to the notion of intellectual property, but I would expect military secrets to be treated differently than trade secrets for purposes of IP.

Perhaps that is an American cultural tradition that China is unlikely to respect.

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