[nickcarraway]

I am not disputing what you say, just that talent and worldview have no correlation.

I had never heard of Dean Reed before, but it sounds like he was never successful in the U.S. He moved to East Germany and still filed tax returns to the IRS? What a tool.

[Revolting cat!]

We agree, certainly. Unfortunately, so many times an excess of talent is combined with a utopian worldview, Leftist or Rightist. Dean Reed, by the way, was probably murdered by Stasi.