No but strongman rhetoric makes people feel safer when their lives become increasingly perilous and uncertain, so we’re likely going to see it more often. It’s unfortunate but it’s kind of like a positive feedback loop of assholes making things worse for the people, which makes the people more desperate and open to the rhetoric that led to their worsening state.
Weebs will take any chance they can get to name something with a japanese or other asian language’s word, true (isekai/portal fantasy, anyone?), but in this particular case “umami” became popularized because it was a japanese scientist that confirmed it was an actual basic flavor. Origin of research and not weeb culture is what put umami on the english map.
Though it’s important to note that factors of safety are always incorporated into structural designs, in case higher loads/wear/etc than expected occur
That’s more a technicality vs practicality aspect. Even if we technically don’t have free will, the way our minds work make us feel like we have free will. The “accept it” aspect of the argument is appealing to us feeling like we make our own decisions, even if ultimately we didn’t actually make the choice to accept it.