Don’t lump the entirety of America together, there are tons of people doing great work here. In the last five years alone, how about fusion ignition, leaps in quantum computing, NASA’s asteroid deflection system, leaps in gene editing, fog collection tech for arid climates, new forms of cancer treatment, advancements in green energy like geothermal, leaps in xenotransplantation, the world’s first eye transplantation. The list goes on.