Exactly right.
Ours is not a democracy.
It is a Constitutional Republic.
Not quite.
They would do as you say and then wait a few decades and then give credit to the Israelis.
https://albertonrecord.co.za/201697/israeli-cure-cancer-debunked-experts-like-selling-unicorns/
Coincidentally, am I the only one seeing the strange inundation of unicorn merchandise for sale these past few years?
Poor trigger control.