Are you suggesting that because people 200 years ago did something, we have to tolerate the same thing now? That's just silly.

I mean, interesting, but after reading the first link I found this pretty good rebuttal:

So it is odd to hear today that America stole secrets from Arkwright when Arkwright himself was claiming that he had disclosed the machines in his patent specifications to a degree sufficient to make and use them.

Comment #5: Edward Heller July 6, 2017 9:43 am