> The more I read stuff like this the more I realize all countries on Earth should pay thanks to the USA and all the great advances it has gifted the world with

> The more I read stuff like this the more I realize all countries on Earth should pay thanks to the USA and all the great advances it has gifted the world with. Before the US was the UK with the industrial revolution. After that it was DE with a lot of science (many of the important journals were in German pre-WW2) and chemistry. For the latter, and how the UK dropped the ball on having a chemical industry, see the book Mauve: * https://www.simongarfield.com/books/mauve/ https://www.simongarfield.com/books/mauve/ * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/580291.Mauve https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/580291.Mauve Just because the US has carried the baton recently doesn't mean others haven't.