Same for drones, and you know why? Because all of these civilian technologies can be easily leveraged for military... so a) they get the good stuff first because they're leading the sector and b) western countries buy their shit instead of making their own, which means we don't develop the tech and we effectively subsidise theirs

Can't blame them really, they mastered the rules of the game we forced them to play.

So why would 3D printer companies in China bother innovating rather than sit back and cash the government check?