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by Noseshine 3614 days ago
So just like (my country) Germany. "Made in Germany" was introduced by Britain to mark inferior German copycat products.

Calling copying successful products, methods, inventions "stealing" is a very subjective statement. If you want to see what someone who doesn't "steal" can achieve look at the stories of children that provided the inspiration for the Mowgli story. A more reasonable description of not reinventing the wheel is "being smart".