It seems to emanate a lot from the US. My bro has a patent not tech sector but makes him world leader in his field, and the biggest player in his industry who happened to be based in the US, tried it on with patent infringements. They ended up killing the company in the country affected to avoid paying legal fees. Seems the most extreme forms of Capitalism and perhaps undesirable aspects of capitalism come from the US. However when looking at how the US was formed over the generations, one could argue the country is one built on extremism.