That's the thing. I'm not replying to you specifically. I don't think you're going to change. Chances are most people like you don't.
I'm replying to educate all of the onlookers. What this guy did sucks and here's why. And this is what you do about it.
Asking people to think by riding the line of just asking a question is pretty lame. If you want people to think, don't bury that. The method you employ is the same disingenuous tactic to defend the other side.
What if the Russians did the same? They didn't and it's not on the table. They've already made up a war and prolonged for multiple years in an attempt to kill off and reclaim Ukraine
"Just asking a question", is a form of statement.
You can say this about any change, or innovation - vaccines, democracy, the Internet, psychology.
If you want to push it completely into a political only view, why should we not become an isolationist nation, which steals but never contributes back?
Endowments are ear marked. You don't always get a blank cheque. It may have obligations tied to them.
The people who create for the sake of creativity are not doing it to be flashy or attract anyone or anything. The internet had a groundswell of people who want to make money, so here we are