'Even (and especially) under capitalism the most precious resource is access to talent. Talent is attracted by other talent - and is kept together by principles. You collect talent for it to collect talent. The critical mass appears to be around 4-10. Then it's about keeping it  together before everyone self-destructs, while agents of competing talent-drives (private enterprise and Universities, mostly) try to steal them away from you with lures of income and social prestige - things you don't have. Against public and private power, the lonely utopian offshoot is always at a disadvantage. It takes a real idea to counter-pull against the dual abyss. (It doesn't hurt to be corrupt either - go for it! Be as corrupt as possible. Those who want you to remain lily- white have no ideas and no principles to compromise for.)' - robert kurvitz