Honestly hadn’t really thought about this effect, but I’d heard about the brain drain. Loads of people doing exactly* what they ought and deciding to not be settlers leaves an only those who have decided to be settlers.
*ok, not exactly what they ought; they ought to take up arms and form a fifth column, but we can’t all be John Brown.
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Honestly hadn’t really thought about this effect, but I’d heard about the brain drain. Loads of people doing exactly* what they ought and deciding to not be settlers leaves an only those who have decided to be settlers.
*ok, not exactly what they ought; they ought to take up arms and form a fifth column, but we can’t all be John Brown.