The hypocrisy of the article is quite funny

David Brooks on "Brutality Escapades"

The article is on how the mighty in your surroundings get to set the norm which are what most people abhor but still follow. Now all this is fine, My problem with his piece is this.

Americans and Europeans tend to think it is self-defeating to engage in cyberattacks on private companies in a foreign country. You may learn something, but you destroy the trust that lubricates free exchange. Pretty soon your trade dries up because nobody wants to do business with a pirate. Investors go off in search of more transparent partners.

But China’s cybermercantilists regard deceit as a natural tool of warfare. Cyberattacks make perfect sense. Your competitors have worked hard to acquire intellectual property. Your system is more closed so innovation is not your competitive advantage. It is quicker and cheaper to steal. They will hate you for it, but who cares? They were going to hate you anyway. C’est la guerre.

 

Now this is ridiculous - US was the first country that adopted any form of defeating your enemy - remmeber the CIA and its intervention mechanisms. Now that Chinese have figured out way authors like Brooks start critiscizing them as if the US and the west ahs always been a Saint. Remember English ruling all over the wolrd and plundering money David?

anyway..