Noted today at Instapundit:
From Robert Heinlein:
"Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
"This is known as 'bad luck.'"
As a nation, we seemed damn determined lately to make sure that that minority is marginalized and otherwise disincented to make a difference.
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