Outsiders – http://www.lemodesittjr.com/2015/10/13/outsiders/
A good quote from Modesitt’s post (click link above):
“… without all the social and physical ‘infrastructure’ provided by American society and government, few if any of those successes would have been possible. Just having clean water and decent sanitation provides a great advantage. Almost half the world doesn’t have one or the other.”
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Misty Midwest Mossiness 
Reblogged this on As a Matter of Fancy and commented:
The first responsibility of government is to govern. Holding your breath until people surrender to your temper tantrum should not work for folks older than two. (Shouldn’t work for them either.)