[fhayek]

I grew up in a rural area. Farmers can be simple. But they are usually, tough, resourseful, and hard working. They know how to fix a broken axle on a tractor. They know what they have to do in February. And April. And July. They shovel shit. They apply balm to chapped udders. They understand markets, banks, lines of credit, government regulations. They get up at 4:00 am. They respect the land. They worship on Sundays. They understand nature, city slickers, politicians and con artists.

Sure, they are no nonsense, but I guarantee you that there life is more involved than just sticking seeds in the ground.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This reminds me of the difference between US and Russian spacemen. The US has long had the attitude of “replace, not repair”, so much of what they use is modular. The Russians had the opposite policy, so became known among the Americans as being able to fix just about any problem they encountered.

The US space station Skylab operated for under a year. The Soviet space station Mir operated for a decade.

Eventually the two decided to sponsor the International Space Station, which had an American module and a Russian module. In either case, if either module had an emergency, its occupants could safely evacuate to the other module.