I'd be perfectly fine with China stealing all "our" shit if they just shared it.
The word "our" does a lot of heavy lifting in politics[0]. America is not a commune, it's a country club, one which we used to own but have been bought out of, and whose new owners view us as moochers but can't actually kick us out (yet). It is in competition with another, worse country club that purports to be a commune. We owe neither country club our loyalty, so when one bloodies the other's nose, I smile.
[0] Some languages have a notion of an "exclusive we". If English had such a concept, this would be an exclusive our.
The word "our" does a lot of heavy lifting in politics[0]. America is not a commune, it's a country club, one which we used to own but have been bought out of, and whose new owners view us as moochers but can't actually kick us out (yet). It is in competition with another, worse country club that purports to be a commune. We owe neither country club our loyalty, so when one bloodies the other's nose, I smile.
[0] Some languages have a notion of an "exclusive we". If English had such a concept, this would be an exclusive our.