[skeeter2020]

Maybe - or is this closer to the naked theft we saw out of the collapse of the Soviet Union? That's still playing out...

[uejfiweun]

I think at the end of the day, we're still able to produce really effective technology and products. Like the economy is still functioning. I feel like this is different from the Soviet situation where the problems were more related to product quality and shortages and black markets.

[fragmede]

> we're still able to produce really effective technology and products

There's a pipeline for that, and that pipeline has been broken, so that'll dry up. It's gonna take some years before we see the effects of it, but it ain't gonna be pretty.

[uejfiweun]

What are you talking about? We're literally in the middle of one of the most transformative technological revolutions we've ever had.