@1goodtern ah, this is an uptick in entropy. Under second law of thermodynamics, entropy increases disorder. Stuff just tends to fall apart: rust attacks metal, trees fall in storms. Locally, we call it Murphy's law: if something can go wrong, it will. Hang in there in the UK.
@1goodtern I work in patents. Inventors around the world seek US patents. Exceptional? Could be. Meanwhile we’re on this planet together and ought to cooperate.
@1goodtern Greetings from the middle of USA. Some of the exceptionalism is patriotism blended with manifest destiny. The other exceptionalism is real. With due credit to Briton Touring, who developed the computer, put a man on the moon, made aviation, and launched space telescopes?