[HiTech RedNeck]

It requires a vision. Otherwise people will just hang on to their bit of dirt.

[chimera]

That seems to be the default position of humanity. It is rare that any significant number of visionaries come together to get a significant portion of the population going in the right direction. Even in our history it was, what, maybe a third of the population was on board with the Patriots? The other third were Loyalists and the other third didn't care either way. But fortunately for us, the one-third that found the vision of the Founders compelling was enough to make the difference.