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I don't think the "US culture" criticizes China for their entrepreneurship. You hear criticisms against their totalitarian state, cheap goods, IP theft (as you mention) and the transfer of US jobs to China, but the average American doesn't think about their policies and their relation to free enterprise. You probably heard that from a loud minority and assumed it's representative of the country.

I also don't think most pro-business advocates will say that they want no laws or regulation of any kind. Business need the enforcement of contract laws, trademark laws and, yes, intellectual property laws to function. Most pro-business people aren't defending anarchy. The criticism regarding regulation is about excessive regulation which, more often than not, exists to benefit certain parties (established businesses, compliance equipment and service providers) over others (new and small businesses).



Yes, but being against excessive anything is a tautology, as "excessive" by definition means "too much". The question is "how much is too much", and the bar is much lower in the US than in Europe.




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