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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
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OP - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

  1. Yeah you can. Thomas Edison made his fortune on stealing other people's ideas, including the Light Bulb.

  2. It was partially completed, and the part that was completed was one China still doesnt have the tech or knowledge to do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Edison made his fortune by using his financial power to claim exclusive economic right to the technologies developed by other people. China made this vaccine openly available and provided it to a number of poor countries while the US and its partners were restricting the use of their own vaccines. One of the mechanisms used by the US et al to restrict supply was IP laws they had previously foisted on other countries, which is the Edison thing to do in this situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

His didn't steal them. He used them.

Because you can't steal ideas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Except he did steal them because the written letters we have say that he wasnt going to take credit for inventions that weren't his.

Also, in the case of CanSinoVac, they were given physical things and never paid for them, so yes, it was stealing.