It does hold a grain of truth, though - if one removes the creative minority from a population, that population ceases to be creative... until they develop a new (different or replacement) creative minority.
How long will that take? Edit: Keeping in mind the creative minority of countries that have an interest in seeing the US succeed (Canada, UK, Australia, etc.) hasn't left en masse...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
How long will that take? Edit: Keeping in mind the creative minority of countries that have an interest in seeing the US succeed (Canada, UK, Australia, etc.) hasn't left en masse...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012