How did this become a thing on a cultural scale? Like that everyone does it and it is almost expected as it were?
Just Google "Chinese protectionist" and then any industry. The Chinese government has been actively targeting everything from CNC machine tools to medical devices and semiconductors for decades. Some industries with more success than others. Anything they import, especially industrial equipment like textile looms, cnc machines, semiconductor equipment, etc. There are big, long term, well funded pushes to manufacture indigenous versions of just about everything. Airplanes, jet engines, computer chips, industrial equipment, on and on
A IP is not a 'natural' concept, most cultures do not have it. Better question might be how did IP become a cultural thing in the West?
the deal is: you can use our cheap labor force, but we can use your ideas
According to who? Sovereign states have their own laws, that's what makes them sovereign.
You claim that companies wouldn't have done business in China (in the times before our current Second Cold War) had they known about the lack of IP law enforcement there. I think companies who outsourced to China knew very well what was going on, and calculated that they'd still come out ahead.
> Sovereign states have their own laws, that's what makes them sovereign.
You're making a grossly misinformed claim here. Sovereign countries also participate outside their borders and are subject to the international agreements they participate in.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_intellectual_...
Schrodinger's executive - when things go well, it's because they meticulously planned every detail. When things go wrong, suddenly they know less about their business than my grandma does.
What is the cause of this habit of making up excuses for people that get massive compensation but never take any responsibility?
You are coming up with excuses like "well they couldn't possibly be aware of information that was widely avaliable in mass media since 2010 at least.
Would you accept this sort of excuse if someone was in charge of safekeeping your child and they took your kid for a walk through an area known for violence and murder?
Here is a better example; you trust the bank with your money, bank gets robbed. The criminals are gonna be criminals. But why is the bank vault made of cardboard, and why is the password ‘1234’? Imagine the same bank keeps getting robbed for 10 years, and they make no attempt to fix things.
Should the management still get their bonus? Should they be help to account? At some point you have to start asking if the bank management is in on the crime.
It might nit be in the contract, but they definitely know whats going on, and they still take the deal